diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Auth/CreatesUserProviders.php b/src/Illuminate/Auth/CreatesUserProviders.php
index 72eca2160b46..10ba6b70b841 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Auth/CreatesUserProviders.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Auth/CreatesUserProviders.php
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ public function createUserProvider($provider = null)
         $provider = $provider ?: $this->getDefaultUserProvider();
 
         $config = $this->app['config']['auth.providers.'.$provider];
-        $driver = Arr::get($config, 'driver');
 
-        if (isset($this->customProviderCreators[$driver])) {
+        if (isset($this->customProviderCreators[$driver = Arr::get($config, 'driver')])) {
             return call_user_func(
                 $this->customProviderCreators[$driver], $this->app, $config
             );
@@ -45,16 +44,6 @@ public function createUserProvider($provider = null)
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the default user provider name.
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getDefaultUserProvider()
-    {
-        return $this->app['config']['auth.defaults.provider'];
-    }
-
     /**
      * Create an instance of the database user provider.
      *
@@ -78,4 +67,14 @@ protected function createEloquentProvider($config)
     {
         return new EloquentUserProvider($this->app['hash'], $config['model']);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the default user provider name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getDefaultUserProvider()
+    {
+        return $this->app['config']['auth.defaults.provider'];
+    }
 }