diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go b/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go
index 92ca0ab3d..38d68c9b7 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (d *driverGCE) RunInstance(c *InstanceConfig) (<-chan error, error) {
 	}
 
 	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
-	go waitForState(errCh, "DONE", d.refreshZoneOp(op))
+	go waitForState(errCh, "DONE", d.refreshZoneOp(zone.Name, op))
 	return errCh, nil
 }
 
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ func (d *driverGCE) getImage(name string) (image *compute.Image, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (d *driverGCE) refreshZoneOp(op *compute.Operation) stateRefreshFunc {
+func (d *driverGCE) refreshZoneOp(zone string, op *compute.Operation) stateRefreshFunc {
 	return func() (string, error) {
-		newOp, err := d.service.ZoneOperations.Get(d.projectId, op.Zone, op.Name).Do()
+		newOp, err := d.service.ZoneOperations.Get(d.projectId, zone, op.Name).Do()
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/private_key.go b/builder/googlecompute/private_key.go
index 476d71a9e..6bf22a309 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/private_key.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/private_key.go
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ func processPrivateKeyFile(privateKeyFile, passphrase string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	PEMBlock, _ := pem.Decode(rawPrivateKeyBytes)
 	if PEMBlock == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s does not contain a vaild private key", privateKeyFile)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+			"%s does not contain a vaild private key", privateKeyFile)
 	}
 
 	if x509.IsEncryptedPEMBlock(PEMBlock) {
diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/step_create_instance.go b/builder/googlecompute/step_create_instance.go
index 2bfacd287..eb6f3f0bf 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/step_create_instance.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/step_create_instance.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func (s *StepCreateInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction
 	})
 
 	if err == nil {
+		ui.Message("Waiting for creation operation to complete...")
 		select {
 		case err = <-errCh:
 		case <-time.After(config.stateTimeout):