diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c6aaabd9..229372082 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ BUG FIXES:
     environments. [GH-1545]
   - Networks come back up properly on RedHat systems after reboot. [GH-921]
   - `config.ssh` settings override all detected SSH settings (regression). [GH-1479]
+  - `ssh-config` won't raise an exception if the VirtualBox machine
+    is not created. [GH-1562]
 
 ## 1.1.6 (April 3, 2013)
 
diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/provider.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/provider.rb
index 1e4bdce45..61c7a5ef5 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/provider.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/provider.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       def ssh_info
         # If the VM is not created then we cannot possibly SSH into it, so
         # we return nil.
-        return nil if state == :not_created
+        return nil if state.id == :not_created
 
         # Return what we know. The host is always "127.0.0.1" because
         # VirtualBox VMs are always local. The port we try to discover