diff --git a/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go b/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
index d8589a30b..9ca967bb5 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&StepEarlyCleanup{},
 		&StepSnapshot{},
 		&StepRegisterAMI{},
+		&awscommon.StepModifyAMIAttributes{
+			Description: b.config.AMIDescription,
+			Users:       b.config.AMIUsers,
+			Groups:      b.config.AMIGroups,
+		},
 		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopy{
 			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
 			Tags:    b.config.AMITags,
@@ -196,11 +201,6 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&awscommon.StepCreateTags{
 			Tags: b.config.AMITags,
 		},
-		&awscommon.StepModifyAMIAttributes{
-			Description: b.config.AMIDescription,
-			Users:       b.config.AMIUsers,
-			Groups:      b.config.AMIGroups,
-		},
 	}
 
 	// Run!
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
index f7bdc48e7..409b14d72 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&common.StepProvision{},
 		&stepStopInstance{},
 		&stepCreateAMI{},
+		&awscommon.StepModifyAMIAttributes{
+			Description: b.config.AMIDescription,
+			Users:       b.config.AMIUsers,
+			Groups:      b.config.AMIGroups,
+		},
 		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopy{
 			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
 			Tags:    b.config.AMITags,
@@ -111,11 +116,6 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&awscommon.StepCreateTags{
 			Tags: b.config.AMITags,
 		},
-		&awscommon.StepModifyAMIAttributes{
-			Description: b.config.AMIDescription,
-			Users:       b.config.AMIUsers,
-			Groups:      b.config.AMIGroups,
-		},
 	}
 
 	// Run!
diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
index 53f73dc80..e288e0bea 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&StepBundleVolume{},
 		&StepUploadBundle{},
 		&StepRegisterAMI{},
+		&awscommon.StepModifyAMIAttributes{
+			Description:  b.config.AMIDescription,
+			Users:        b.config.AMIUsers,
+			Groups:       b.config.AMIGroups,
+			ProductCodes: b.config.AMIProductCodes,
+		},
 		&awscommon.StepAMIRegionCopy{
 			Regions: b.config.AMIRegions,
 			Tags:    b.config.AMITags,
@@ -217,12 +223,6 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		&awscommon.StepCreateTags{
 			Tags: b.config.AMITags,
 		},
-		&awscommon.StepModifyAMIAttributes{
-			Description:  b.config.AMIDescription,
-			Users:        b.config.AMIUsers,
-			Groups:       b.config.AMIGroups,
-			ProductCodes: b.config.AMIProductCodes,
-		},
 	}
 
 	// Run!