diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
index 76f07ea65..3de2cc3a4 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           @machine.env.active_machines.each do |am|
             begin
               m = @machine.env.machine(*am)
-              if !m.ssh_info.nil?
-                file.write("#{m.name} ansible_ssh_host=#{m.ssh_info[:host]} ansible_ssh_port=#{m.ssh_info[:port]}\n")
+              m_ssh_info = m.ssh_info
+              if !m_ssh_info.nil?
+                file.write("#{m.name} ansible_ssh_host=#{m_ssh_info[:host]} ansible_ssh_port=#{m_ssh_info[:port]}\n")
                 inventory_machines[m.name] = m
               else
                 @logger.error("Auto-generated inventory: Impossible to get SSH information for machine '#{m.name} (#{m.provider_name})'. This machine should be recreated.")