diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
index 3ec3c0ee9..79f4174ad 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
@@ -661,9 +661,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             result = raw("showvminfo", uuid)
             return true if result.exit_code == 0
 
-            # GH-2479: Sometimes this happens. In this case, retry. If
-            # we don't see this text, the VM really probably doesn't exist.
-            return false if !result.stderr.include?("CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE")
+            # If vboxmanage returned VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND,
+            # then the vm truly does not exist. Any other error might be transient
+            return false if result.stderr.include?("VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND")
 
             # Sleep a bit though to give VirtualBox time to fix itself
             sleep 2
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
index a0a18d98d..a50096022 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
@@ -594,9 +594,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             result = raw("showvminfo", uuid)
             return true if result.exit_code == 0
 
-            # GH-2479: Sometimes this happens. In this case, retry. If
-            # we don't see this text, the VM really probably doesn't exist.
-            return false if !result.stderr.include?("CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE")
+            # If vboxmanage returned VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND,
+            # then the vm truly does not exist. Any other error might be transient
+            return false if result.stderr.include?("VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND")
 
             # Sleep a bit though to give VirtualBox time to fix itself
             sleep 2
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_3.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_3.rb
index 66c06f93f..a2db97d50 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_3.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_3.rb
@@ -701,9 +701,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             result = raw("showvminfo", uuid)
             return true if result.exit_code == 0
 
-            # GH-2479: Sometimes this happens. In this case, retry. If
-            # we don't see this text, the VM really probably doesn't exist.
-            return false if !result.stderr.include?("CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE")
+            # If vboxmanage returned VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND,
+            # then the vm truly does not exist. Any other error might be transient
+            return false if result.stderr.include?("VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND")
 
             # Sleep a bit though to give VirtualBox time to fix itself
             sleep 2
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_5_0.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_5_0.rb
index 961f5ad55..f8a49eb51 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_5_0.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_5_0.rb
@@ -702,9 +702,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             result = raw("showvminfo", uuid)
             return true if result.exit_code == 0
 
-            # GH-2479: Sometimes this happens. In this case, retry. If
-            # we don't see this text, the VM really probably doesn't exist.
-            return false if !result.stderr.include?("CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE")
+            # If vboxmanage returned VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND,
+            # then the vm truly does not exist. Any other error might be transient
+            return false if result.stderr.include?("VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND")
 
             # Sleep a bit though to give VirtualBox time to fix itself
             sleep 2