diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/discard_state.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/discard_state.rb
index dee46a41d..ad56b6a02 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/discard_state.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/discard_state.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         def call(env)
-          if env["vm"].vm.saved?
+          if env["vm"].created? && env["vm"].vm.saved?
             env.ui.info "vagrant.actions.vm.discard_state.discarding"
             env["vm"].vm.discard_state
           end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/vm/discard_state_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/vm/discard_state_test.rb
index cc1807553..b0732360e 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/vm/discard_state_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/vm/discard_state_test.rb
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@ class DiscardStateVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   context "calling" do
     setup do
+      @vm.stubs(:created?).returns(true)
       @internal_vm.stubs(:saved?).returns(false)
     end
 
+    should "do nothing if the VM is not created" do
+      @vm.stubs(:created?).returns(false)
+      @internal_vm.expects(:discard_state).never
+      @app.expects(:call).with(@env).once
+      @instance.call(@env)
+    end
+
     should "do nothing if not saved and continue chain" do
       @internal_vm.expects(:saved?).returns(false)
+      @internal_vm.expects(:discard_state).never
       @app.expects(:call).with(@env).once
       @instance.call(@env)
     end