diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d71df0047..e13b129e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ BUG FIXES:
   * builder/amazon: Fix issue with sharing AMIs when using `ami_users` [GH-2308]
   * builder/amazon: Fix for tag creation when creating new ec2 instance [GH-2317]
   * builder/amazon: Fix issue with creating AMIs with multiple device mappings [GH-2320]
-  * builder/amazon: Fix failing AMI snapshot tagging when copying to other 
+  * builder/amazon: Fix failing AMI snapshot tagging when copying to other
       regions [GH-2316]
-  * builder/amazon-instance: Fix issue with creating AMIs without specifying a 
+  * builder/amazon: Fix setting AMI launch permissions [GH-2348]
+  * builder/amazon-instance: Fix issue with creating AMIs without specifying a
       virtualization type [GH-2330]
 
 ## 0.8.0 (June 23, 2015)
diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_modify_ami_attributes.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_modify_ami_attributes.go
index cf37fc5ac..2d72caba7 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_modify_ami_attributes.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_modify_ami_attributes.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ func (s *StepModifyAMIAttributes) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAc
 		users := make([]*string, len(s.Users))
 		adds := make([]*ec2.LaunchPermission, len(s.Users))
 		for i, u := range s.Users {
-			users[i] = aws.String(&u)
-			adds[i] = &ec2.LaunchPermission{UserID: aws.String(&u)}
+			users[i] = aws.String(u)
+			adds[i] = &ec2.LaunchPermission{UserID: aws.String(u)}
 		}
 		options["users"] = &ec2.ModifyImageAttributeInput{
 			UserIDs: users,