diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/provider.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/provider.rb
index a52c07fb3..70adf34ef 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/provider.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/provider.rb
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
       # Returns the SSH info for accessing the VirtualBox VM.
       def ssh_info
-        # If the VM is not created then we cannot possibly SSH into it, so
-        # we return nil.
-        return nil if state.id == :not_created
+        # If the VM is not running that we can't possibly SSH into it
+        return nil if state.id != :running
 
         # Return what we know. The host is always "127.0.0.1" because
         # VirtualBox VMs are always local. The port we try to discover