diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/guest.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/guest.rb
index 1d03ff9b4..7b50ac05f 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/guest.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/guest.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           inventory_basedir = File.join(config.tmp_path, "inventory")
           inventory_path = File.join(inventory_basedir, "vagrant_ansible_local_inventory")
 
-          create_and_chown_remote_folder(inventory_basedir)
+          @machine.communicate.sudo("mkdir -p #{inventory_path}")
+          @machine.communicate.sudo("chown -R -h #{@machine.ssh_info[:username]} #{config.tmp_path}")
           @machine.communicate.sudo("rm -f #{inventory_path}", error_check: false)
 
           Tempfile.open("vagrant-ansible-local-inventory-#{@machine.name}") do |f|
@@ -159,13 +160,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           return machines
         end
 
-        def create_and_chown_remote_folder(path)
-          @machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
-            comm.sudo("mkdir -p #{path}")
-            comm.sudo("chown -h #{@machine.ssh_info[:username]} #{path}")
-          end
-        end
-
         def check_path(path, test_args, option_name)
           # Checks for the existence of given file (or directory) on the guest system,
           # and error if it doesn't exist.