diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
index 03dfefe4f..e806433cc 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ module Vagrant
         @logger.info("Attempting to correct key permissions to 0600")
         File.chmod(0600, key_path)
 
+        stat = File.stat(key_path)
         if Util::FileMode.from_octal(stat.mode) != "600"
           raise Errors::SSHKeyBadPermissions, :key_path => key_path
         end
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/ssh_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/ssh_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c98af011d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/ssh_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../base", __FILE__)
+
+describe Vagrant::SSH do
+  context "check_key_permissions" do
+    let(:key_path) { File.expand_path("../id_rsa", __FILE__) }
+    let(:ssh_instance) { Vagrant::SSH.new(double) }
+
+    before(:each) do
+      File.open(key_path, 'w') do |file|
+        file.write("hello!")
+      end
+      File.chmod(644, key_path)
+    end
+
+    after(:each) do
+      FileUtils.rm(key_path)
+    end
+
+    it "should not raise an exception if we set a keyfile permission correctly" do
+      ssh_instance.check_key_permissions(key_path)
+    end
+    
+  end
+end
+