diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
index 4f85ccd21..724f40168 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_2.rb
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         def set_name(name)
-          execute("modifyvm", @uuid, "--name", name)
+          execute("modifyvm", @uuid, "--name", name, :retryable => true)
         end
 
         def share_folders(folders)