diff --git a/config/default.rb b/config/default.rb
index cd87aa98b..94f983ff2 100644
--- a/config/default.rb
+++ b/config/default.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
   config.ssh.forwarded_port_key = "ssh"
   config.ssh.forwarded_port_destination = 22
   config.ssh.max_tries = 100
-  config.ssh.timeout = 7
+  config.ssh.timeout = 10
   config.ssh.forward_agent = false
   config.ssh.forward_x11 = false
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
index fb32e3708..4074f0398 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ module Vagrant
 
       # Connect to SSH and gather the session
       session = retryable(:tries => @vm.config.ssh.max_tries, :on => exceptions) do
-        sleep 4 # Hacky but helps with issue #391, #455, etc.
-
         connection = Net::SSH.start(@vm.config.ssh.host,
                                     @vm.config.ssh.username,
                                     opts.merge( :keys => [private_key_path],
@@ -86,6 +84,7 @@ module Vagrant
                                                 :config => false))
 
         sleep 4 # Hacky but helps with issue #391, #455, etc.
+
         SSH::Session.new(connection, @vm)
       end