diff --git a/builder/docker/artifact_import.go b/builder/docker/artifact_import.go
index b5f71751b..a53c0a52b 100644
--- a/builder/docker/artifact_import.go
+++ b/builder/docker/artifact_import.go
@@ -30,7 +30,17 @@ func (a *ImportArtifact) Id() string {
 }
 
 func (a *ImportArtifact) String() string {
-	tags, _ := a.StateData["docker_tags"].([]string)
+	var tags []string
+	switch t := a.StateData["docker_tags"].(type) {
+	case []string:
+		tags = t
+	case []interface{}:
+		for _, name := range t {
+			if n, ok := name.(string); ok {
+				tags = append(tags, n)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	if len(tags) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("Imported Docker image: %s with tags %s",
 			a.Id(), strings.Join(tags, " "))
diff --git a/post-processor/docker-push/post-processor.go b/post-processor/docker-push/post-processor.go
index 831ba1a7c..97ffb8627 100644
--- a/post-processor/docker-push/post-processor.go
+++ b/post-processor/docker-push/post-processor.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package dockerpush
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hcldec"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/builder/docker"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/common"
@@ -103,14 +102,21 @@ func (p *PostProcessor) PostProcess(ctx context.Context, ui packer.Ui, artifact
 		}()
 	}
 
-	names := []string{artifact.Id()}
-	tags, _ := artifact.State("docker_tags").([]interface{})
-	for _, tag := range tags {
-		if name, ok := tag.(string); ok {
-			names = append(names, name)
+	var tags []string
+	switch t := artifact.State("docker_tags").(type) {
+	case []string:
+		tags = t
+	case []interface{}:
+		for _, name := range t {
+			if n, ok := name.(string); ok {
+				tags = append(tags, n)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	names := []string{artifact.Id()}
+	names = append(names, tags...)
+
 	// Get the name.
 	for _, name := range names {
 		ui.Message("Pushing: " + name)