diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67eb80968..4b251fe24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - core: only append `access_token` when it does not exist in the URL
     [GH-6395, GH-6534]
   - core: use the correct private key when packaging a box [GH-6406]
+  - core: fix crash when using invalid box checksum type [GH-6327]
   - commands/rdp: prefer `xfreerdp` if it is available on Linux [GH-6475]
   - commands/up: the `--provision-with` flag works with provisioner names [GH-5981]
   - communicator/ssh: fix potential crash case with PTY [GH-6225]
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb
index 6aec780ee..5585c6fff 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ module Vagrant
             Digest::SHA2
           else
             raise Errors::BoxChecksumInvalidType,
-              type: env[:box_checksum_type].to_s
+              type: checksum_type.to_s
           end
 
           @logger.info("Validating checksum with #{checksum_klass}")