diff --git a/lib/vagrant/plugin/state_file.rb b/lib/vagrant/plugin/state_file.rb
index fc9060849..c80ee658c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/plugin/state_file.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/plugin/state_file.rb
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ module Vagrant
           f.binmode
           f.write(JSON.dump(@data))
           f.fsync
-          f.close
           f.chmod(0644)
+          f.close
           FileUtils.mv(f.path, @path)
         end
       end