diff --git a/source/ambassador_host.go b/source/ambassador_host.go
index 634b22073..1e8c37776 100644
--- a/source/ambassador_host.go
+++ b/source/ambassador_host.go
@@ -166,13 +166,10 @@ func (sc *ambassadorHostSource) Endpoints(ctx context.Context) ([]*endpoint.Endp
 // endpointsFromHost extracts the endpoints from a Host object
 func (sc *ambassadorHostSource) endpointsFromHost(ctx context.Context, host *ambassador.Host, targets endpoint.Targets) ([]*endpoint.Endpoint, error) {
 	var endpoints []*endpoint.Endpoint
-
-	providerSpecific := endpoint.ProviderSpecific{}
-	setIdentifier := ""
+	annotations := host.Annotations
 
 	resource := fmt.Sprintf("host/%s/%s", host.Namespace, host.Name)
-
-	annotations := host.Annotations
+	providerSpecific, setIdentifier := getProviderSpecificAnnotations(annotations)
 	ttl := getTTLFromAnnotations(annotations, resource)
 
 	if host.Spec != nil {