diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports.rb
index 66da66232..98ea547e4 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Vagrant
       class ForwardPorts < Base
         def prepare
           VirtualBox::VM.all.each do |vm|
-            next unless vm.running?
+            next if !vm.running? || vm.uuid == @runner.uuid
 
             vm.forwarded_ports.each do |fp|
               Vagrant.config.vm.forwarded_ports.each do |name, options|
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
index 3fb06de29..5265353c2 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Vagrant
     end
 
     def uuid
-      @vm.uuid
+      vm ? vm.uuid : nil
     end
 
     def reload!
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports_test.rb
index 7fae1ff3d..7dbfd3e83 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/forward_ports_test.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ class ForwardPortsActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @vm = mock("vm")
       @vm.stubs(:forwarded_ports).returns(@forwarded_ports)
       @vm.stubs(:running?).returns(true)
+      @vm.stubs(:uuid).returns("foo")
+      @mock_vm.stubs(:uuid).returns("bar")
       vms = [@vm]
       VirtualBox::VM.stubs(:all).returns(vms)
 
@@ -30,6 +32,12 @@ class ForwardPortsActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @action.prepare
     end
 
+    should "ignore vms which are equivalent to ours" do
+      @mock_vm.expects(:uuid).returns(@vm.uuid)
+      @vm.expects(:forwarded_ports).never
+      @action.prepare
+    end
+
     should "not raise any errors if no forwarded ports collide" do
       @forwarded_port.expects(:hostport).returns(80)
       assert_nothing_raised { @action.prepare }
diff --git a/test/vagrant/vm_test.rb b/test/vagrant/vm_test.rb
index bd9167074..e167e69d7 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/vm_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/vm_test.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ class VMTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         @mock_vm.expects(:uuid).once.returns(uuid)
         assert_equal uuid, @vm.uuid
       end
+
+      should "return nil if vm is nil" do
+        @vm.expects(:vm).returns(nil)
+        assert @vm.uuid.nil?
+      end
     end
 
     context "reloading" do