diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/box/verify.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/box/verify.rb
index b42b0d500..196003236 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/box/verify.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/box/verify.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Vagrant
         def call(env)
           begin
             env.ui.info "vagrant.actions.box.verify.verifying"
-            VirtualBox::Appliance.new(env["box"].ovf_file)
+            VirtualBox::Appliance.new(env["box"].ovf_file.to_s)
           rescue Exception
             raise Errors::BoxVerificationFailed.new
           end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/box/verify_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/box/verify_test.rb
index e478b3858..f55f2e034 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/box/verify_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/box/verify_test.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class VerifyBoxActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   context "calling" do
     should "continue fine if verification succeeds" do
       seq = sequence("seq")
-      VirtualBox::Appliance.expects(:new).with(@env["box"].ovf_file).in_sequence(seq)
+      VirtualBox::Appliance.expects(:new).with(@env["box"].ovf_file.to_s).in_sequence(seq)
       @app.expects(:call).with(@env).once.in_sequence(seq)
       assert_nothing_raised {
         @instance.call(@env)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class VerifyBoxActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     should "halt chain if verification fails" do
-      VirtualBox::Appliance.expects(:new).with(@env["box"].ovf_file).raises(Exception)
+      VirtualBox::Appliance.expects(:new).with(@env["box"].ovf_file.to_s).raises(Exception)
       @app.expects(:call).with(@env).never
       assert_raises(Vagrant::Errors::BoxVerificationFailed) {
         @instance.call(@env)