diff --git a/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator.rb b/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator.rb
index d5e5e6658..fd15804c6 100644
--- a/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator.rb
+++ b/plugins/communicators/ssh/communicator.rb
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               if auth_socket != ""
                 # Make sure we only read the last line which should be
                 # the $SSH_AUTH_SOCK env var we printed.
-                auth_socket = auth_socket.split("\n").last.chomp
+                auth_socket = auth_socket.split("\n").last.to_s.chomp
               end
 
               if auth_socket == ""