diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/runner.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/runner.rb
index 6d5fd0426..f7d4c3321 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/runner.rb
@@ -38,13 +38,14 @@ module Vagrant
 
         # Call the prepare method on each once its
         # initialized, then call the execute! method
-        return_value = nil
         [:prepare, :execute!].each do |method|
           actions.each do |action|
-            return_value = action.send(method)
+            action.send(method)
           end
         end
-        return_value
+
+        # Clear the actions
+        actions.clear
       end
 
       # Invokes an "around callback" which invokes before_name and
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/runner_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/runner_test.rb
index 64d736461..7f4952718 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/actions/runner_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/runner_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'test_helper')
 
 class ActionRunnerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def mock_fake_action
+    action = mock("action")
+    action.stubs(:prepare)
+    action.stubs(:execute!)
+    action
+  end
+
   context "callbacks" do
     setup do
       @runner = Vagrant::Actions::Runner.new
@@ -104,6 +111,14 @@ class ActionRunnerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @runner.execute!(run_class)
     end
 
+    should "clear actions after running execute!" do
+      @runner.actions << mock_fake_action
+      @runner.actions << mock_fake_action
+      assert !@runner.actions.empty? # sanity
+      @runner.execute!
+      assert @runner.actions.empty?
+    end
+
     should "run #prepare on all actions, then #execute!" do
       action_seq = sequence("action_seq")
       actions = []