diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_run_spot_instance.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_run_spot_instance.go
index 2af83d98f..b34d09bcb 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_run_spot_instance.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_run_spot_instance.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (s *StepRunSpotInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(volumeIds) > 0 {
+	if len(volumeIds) > 0 && len(s.VolumeTags) > 0 {
 		ui.Say("Adding tags to source EBS Volumes")
 		tags, err := ConvertToEC2Tags(s.VolumeTags, *ec2conn.Config.Region, s.SourceAMI, s.Ctx)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/builder.go
index 7cab85e91..375511082 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/builder.go
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			AssociatePublicIpAddress: b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
 			EbsOptimized:             b.config.EbsOptimized,
 			AvailabilityZone:         b.config.AvailabilityZone,
+			BlockDevices:             b.config.launchBlockDevices,
 			Tags:                     b.config.RunTags,
 			Ctx:                      b.config.ctx,
 			InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior: b.config.InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior,
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			AssociatePublicIpAddress: b.config.AssociatePublicIpAddress,
 			EbsOptimized:             b.config.EbsOptimized,
 			AvailabilityZone:         b.config.AvailabilityZone,
+			BlockDevices:             b.config.launchBlockDevices,
 			Tags:                     b.config.RunTags,
 			Ctx:                      b.config.ctx,
 			InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior: b.config.InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior,
@@ -164,6 +166,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			TemporarySGSourceCidr: b.config.TemporarySGSourceCidr,
 		},
 		instanceStep,
+		&stepTagEBSVolumes{
+			VolumeMapping: b.config.VolumeMappings,
+			Ctx:           b.config.ctx,
+		},
 		&awscommon.StepGetPassword{
 			Debug:   b.config.PackerDebug,
 			Comm:    &b.config.RunConfig.Comm,
diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
index 9500867ef..7cee44c09 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 	if b.config.SpotPrice == "" || b.config.SpotPrice == "0" {
 		instanceStep = &awscommon.StepRunSourceInstance{
 			Debug:                    b.config.PackerDebug,
-			ExpectedRootDevice:       "ebs",
 			InstanceType:             b.config.InstanceType,
 			UserData:                 b.config.UserData,
 			UserDataFile:             b.config.UserDataFile,
@@ -212,12 +211,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			BlockDevices:             b.config.BlockDevices,
 			Tags:                     b.config.RunTags,
 			Ctx:                      b.config.ctx,
-			InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior: b.config.InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior,
 		}
 	} else {
 		instanceStep = &awscommon.StepRunSpotInstance{
 			Debug:                    b.config.PackerDebug,
-			ExpectedRootDevice:       "ebs",
 			SpotPrice:                b.config.SpotPrice,
 			SpotPriceProduct:         b.config.SpotPriceAutoProduct,
 			InstanceType:             b.config.InstanceType,
@@ -232,7 +229,6 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			BlockDevices:             b.config.BlockDevices,
 			Tags:                     b.config.RunTags,
 			Ctx:                      b.config.ctx,
-			InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior: b.config.InstanceInitiatedShutdownBehavior,
 		}
 	}