diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/check_virtualbox.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/check_virtualbox.rb
index 1d590fe4f..800852c2a 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/check_virtualbox.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/check_virtualbox.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'vagrant/util/platform'
+
 module VagrantPlugins
   module ProviderVirtualBox
     module Action
@@ -5,6 +7,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       class CheckVirtualbox
         def initialize(app, env)
           @app = app
+          @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::provider::virtualbox")
         end
 
         def call(env)
@@ -13,6 +16,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           # which will break us out of execution of the middleware sequence.
           Driver::Meta.new.verify!
 
+          if Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows? && Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows_hyperv_enabled?
+            @logger.error("Virtualbox and Hyper-V cannot be used together at the same time on Windows and will result in a system crash.")
+
+            raise Vagrant::Errors::HypervVirtualBoxError
+          end
+
           # Carry on.
           @app.call(env)
         end
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
index 97311b76b..76f08487e 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             end
           end
 
-          if Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows? && Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows_hyperv_enabled?
-            @logger.error("Virtualbox and Hyper-V cannot be used together at the same time on Windows and will result in a system crash.")
-
-            raise Vagrant::Errors::HypervVirtualBoxError
-          end
-
           # Fall back to hoping for the PATH to work out
           @vboxmanage_path ||= "VBoxManage"
           @logger.info("VBoxManage path: #{@vboxmanage_path}")