diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/general/package.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/general/package.rb
index a04deb654..996368d3a 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/general/package.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/general/package.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         def recover(env)
+          @env = env
+
           # There are certain exceptions that we don't delete the file for.
           ignore_exc = [Errors::PackageOutputDirectory, Errors::PackageOutputExists]
           ignore_exc.each do |exc|
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/export.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/export.rb
index 8beb9869e..1a7df0620 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/export.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/export.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
   module ProviderVirtualBox
     module Action
       class Export
-        attr_reader :temp_dir
-
         def initialize(app, env)
           @app = app
         end
@@ -16,24 +14,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           raise Vagrant::Errors::VMPowerOffToPackage if \
             @env[:machine].provider.state.id != :poweroff
 
-          setup_temp_dir
           export
 
           @app.call(env)
-
-          recover(env) # called to cleanup temp directory
-        end
-
-        def recover(env)
-          if temp_dir && File.exist?(temp_dir)
-            FileUtils.rm_rf(temp_dir)
-          end
-        end
-
-        def setup_temp_dir
-          @env[:ui].info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.export.create_dir")
-          @temp_dir = @env["export.temp_dir"] = @env[:tmp_path].join(Time.now.to_i.to_s)
-          FileUtils.mkpath(@env["export.temp_dir"])
         end
 
         def export
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/package.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/package.rb
index 5a6c581ce..62a564ac9 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/package.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/package.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+
 require 'vagrant/action/general/package'
 
 module VagrantPlugins
@@ -8,11 +10,33 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         # called in the unit tests.
         alias_method :general_call, :call
         def call(env)
+          # Setup the temporary directory
+          @temp_dir = env[:tmp_path].join(Time.now.to_i.to_s)
+          env["export.temp_dir"] = @temp_dir
+          FileUtils.mkpath(env["export.temp_dir"])
+
           # Just match up a couple environmental variables so that
           # the superclass will do the right thing. Then, call the
           # superclass
           env["package.directory"] = env["export.temp_dir"]
+
           general_call(env)
+
+          # Always call recover to clean up the temp dir
+          clean_temp_dir
+        end
+
+        def recover(env)
+          clean_temp_dir
+          super
+        end
+
+        protected
+
+        def clean_temp_dir
+          if @temp_dir && File.exist?(@temp_dir)
+            FileUtils.rm_rf(@temp_dir)
+          end
         end
       end
     end