diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/wait_for_communicator.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/wait_for_communicator.rb
index c69784629..0890fca47 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/wait_for_communicator.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/wait_for_communicator.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
             # Otherwise, periodically verify the VM isn't in a bad state.
             while true
-              state = env[:machine].provider.state.id
+              state = env[:machine].state.id
 
               # Used to report invalid states
               Thread.current[:last_known_state] = state
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/discard_state.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/discard_state.rb
index b7d9753ea..3f3d5da97 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/discard_state.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/discard_state.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def call(env)
-          if env[:machine].provider.state.id == :saved
+          if env[:machine].state.id == :saved
             env[:ui].info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.discard_state.discarding")
             env[:machine].provider.driver.discard_saved_state
           end
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/export.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/export.rb
index 1a7df0620..ca3c3519f 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/export.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/export.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           @env = env
 
           raise Vagrant::Errors::VMPowerOffToPackage if \
-            @env[:machine].provider.state.id != :poweroff
+            @env[:machine].state.id != :poweroff
 
           export
 
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/import.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/import.rb
index ce091bc6d..4c195d891 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/import.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/import.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def recover(env)
-          if env[:machine].provider.state.id != :not_created
+          if env[:machine].state.id != :not_created
             return if env["vagrant.error"].is_a?(Vagrant::Errors::VagrantError)
 
             # If we're not supposed to destroy on error then just return
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/resume.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/resume.rb
index a2573e1a0..5b2e055fc 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/resume.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/resume.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def call(env)
-          current_state = env[:machine].provider.state.id
+          current_state = env[:machine].state.id
 
           if current_state == :paused
             env[:ui].info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.resume.unpausing")
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/suspend.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/suspend.rb
index af4d1cc9e..53a08edfc 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/suspend.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/suspend.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def call(env)
-          if env[:machine].provider.state.id == :running
+          if env[:machine].state.id == :running
             env[:ui].info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.vm.suspend.suspending")
             env[:machine].provider.driver.suspend
           end