diff --git a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
index 2959a881b..22fc6d6cf 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
@@ -128,10 +128,12 @@ module Vagrant
       begin
         @driver = Driver::VirtualBox.new(@uuid)
       rescue Driver::VirtualBox::VMNotFound
-        # Clear the UUID since this VM doesn't exist. Note that this calls
-        # back into `reload!` but shouldn't ever result in infinite
-        # recursion since `@uuid` will be nil.
+        # Clear the UUID since this VM doesn't exist.
         @uuid = nil
+
+        # Reset the driver. This shouldn't raise a VMNotFound since we won't
+        # feed it a UUID.
+        @driver = Driver::VirtualBox.new
       end
     end