diff --git a/plugins/guests/linux/cap/public_key.rb b/plugins/guests/linux/cap/public_key.rb
index 3d57f5596..c75251dd3 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/linux/cap/public_key.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/linux/cap/public_key.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           contents = contents.strip << "\n"
 
           remote_path = "/tmp/vagrant-remove-pubkey-#{Time.now.to_i}"
-          Tempfile.open("vagrant-bsd-remove-public-key") do |f|
+          Tempfile.open("vagrant-linux-remove-public-key") do |f|
             f.binmode
             f.write(contents)
             f.fsync