diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/state.go b/builder/amazon/common/state.go
index 32115b66b..fe6f7ca62 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/state.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/state.go
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ type StateChangeConf struct {
 	Target    string
 }
 
-func isTransientNetworkError(err error) bool {
-	ret := false
-	if nerr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && nerr.Temporary() {
-		ret = true
-	}
-	return ret
-}
-
 // AMIStateRefreshFunc returns a StateRefreshFunc that is used to watch
 // an AMI for state changes.
 func AMIStateRefreshFunc(conn *ec2.EC2, imageId string) StateRefreshFunc {
@@ -179,3 +171,11 @@ func WaitForState(conf *StateChangeConf) (i interface{}, err error) {
 
 	return
 }
+
+func isTransientNetworkError(err error) bool {
+	if nerr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && nerr.Temporary() {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}