diff --git a/builtin/provisioners/chef/resource_provisioner.go b/builtin/provisioners/chef/resource_provisioner.go
index 7df7e93ca675..8f7471a20173 100644
--- a/builtin/provisioners/chef/resource_provisioner.go
+++ b/builtin/provisioners/chef/resource_provisioner.go
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ func Provisioner() terraform.ResourceProvisioner {
 // TODO: Support context cancelling (Provisioner Stop)
 func applyFn(ctx context.Context) error {
 	o := ctx.Value(schema.ProvOutputKey).(terraform.UIOutput)
+	s := ctx.Value(schema.ProvRawStateKey).(*terraform.InstanceState)
 	d := ctx.Value(schema.ProvConfigDataKey).(*schema.ResourceData)
 
 	// Decode the raw config for this provisioner
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ func applyFn(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	if p.OSType == "" {
-		switch t := d.State().Ephemeral.ConnInfo["type"]; t {
+		switch t := s.Ephemeral.ConnInfo["type"]; t {
 		case "ssh", "": // The default connection type is ssh, so if the type is empty assume ssh
 			p.OSType = "linux"
 		case "winrm":
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ func applyFn(ctx context.Context) error {
 		p.generateClientKey = p.generateClientKeyFunc(linuxKnifeCmd, linuxConfDir, linuxNoOutput)
 		p.configureVaults = p.configureVaultsFunc(linuxGemCmd, linuxKnifeCmd, linuxConfDir)
 		p.runChefClient = p.runChefClientFunc(linuxChefCmd, linuxConfDir)
-		p.useSudo = !p.PreventSudo && d.State().Ephemeral.ConnInfo["user"] != "root"
+		p.useSudo = !p.PreventSudo && s.Ephemeral.ConnInfo["user"] != "root"
 	case "windows":
 		p.cleanupUserKeyCmd = fmt.Sprintf("cd %s && del /F /Q %s", windowsConfDir, p.UserName+".pem")
 		p.createConfigFiles = p.windowsCreateConfigFiles
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ func applyFn(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// Get a new communicator
-	comm, err := communicator.New(d.State())
+	comm, err := communicator.New(s)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}