diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_ami_launch_permission_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_ami_launch_permission_test.go
index 4f67d48fb6c4..c886077e1157 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_ami_launch_permission_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_ami_launch_permission_test.go
@@ -15,18 +15,25 @@ type testLaunchPermission struct {
 
 func TestAccAWSAMILaunchPermission_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 	tlp := &testLaunchPermission{}
+	getAccountId := func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).stsconn
+		res, err := conn.GetCallerIdentity(&sts.GetCallerIdentityInput{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("could not initialize ami launch permission test: %s", err)
+		}
+		tlp.AccountID = *res.Account
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	r.Test(t, r.TestCase{
-		PreCheck: func() {
-			testAccPreCheck(t)
-			conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).stsconn
-			res, err := conn.GetCallerIdentity(&sts.GetCallerIdentityInput{})
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("could not initialize ami launch permission test: %s", err)
-			}
-			tlp.AccountID = *res.Account
-		},
+		PreCheck: func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
 		Providers: testAccProviders,
 		Steps: []r.TestStep{
+			// First step is a way to get the aws provider initialized so we can use its account id
+			r.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccAWSAMILaunchPermissionConfig(nil),
+				Check: r.ComposeTestCheckFunc(getAccountId),
+			},
 			r.TestStep{
 				Config: testAccAWSAMILaunchPermissionConfig(tlp),
 				Check: r.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ func testAccAWSAMILaunchPermissionDestroyed(tlp *testLaunchPermission) r.TestChe
 }
 
 func testAccAWSAMILaunchPermissionConfig(tlp *testLaunchPermission) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+	base := `
 provider "aws" {
 	region = "us-east-1"
 }
@@ -127,6 +134,13 @@ resource "aws_ami_from_instance" "test" {
     description = "Testing Terraform aws_ami_from_instance resource"
     source_instance_id = "${aws_instance.test.id}"
 }
+`
+
+	if tlp == nil {
+		return base
+	}
+
+	return base + fmt.Sprintf(`
 
 resource "aws_ami_launch_permission" "self-test" {
     image_id   = "${aws_ami_from_instance.test.id}"