diff --git a/lib/vagrant/guest/debian.rb b/lib/vagrant/guest/debian.rb
index 1b4b8cead..ca7158349 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/guest/debian.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/guest/debian.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       def change_host_name(name)
-        if !vm.channel.test?("hostname --fqdn | grep '^#{name}$' || hostname --short | grep '^#{name}$'")
+        if !vm.channel.test("hostname --fqdn | grep '^#{name}$' || hostname --short | grep '^#{name}$'")
           vm.channel.sudo("sed -r -i 's/^(127[.]0[.]1[.]1[[:space:]]+).*$/\\1#{name} #{name.split('.')[0]}/' /etc/hosts")
           vm.channel.sudo("sed -i 's/.*$/#{name.split('.')[0]}/' /etc/hostname")
           vm.channel.sudo("hostname -F /etc/hostname")