diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/common/driver_4_2.go b/builder/virtualbox/common/driver_4_2.go
index 0599251ff..338aee4d1 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/common/driver_4_2.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/common/driver_4_2.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func (d *VBox42Driver) VBoxManage(args ...string) error {
 		ShouldRetry: func(err error) bool {
 			return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE")
 		},
-		RetryDelay: func() time.Duration { return 2 * time.Minute },
+		RetryDelay: func() time.Duration { return 1 * time.Minute },
 	}.Run(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		_, err := d.VBoxManageWithOutput(args...)
 		return err
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/ovf/builder.go b/builder/virtualbox/ovf/builder.go
index d1db85944..3cbd16675 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/ovf/builder.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/ovf/builder.go
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook) (pack
 			Url:          []string{b.config.SourcePath},
 		},
 		&StepImport{
-			Name:        b.config.VMName,
-			ImportFlags: b.config.ImportFlags,
+			Name:           b.config.VMName,
+			ImportFlags:    b.config.ImportFlags,
+			KeepRegistered: b.config.KeepRegistered,
 		},
 		&vboxcommon.StepAttachGuestAdditions{
 			GuestAdditionsMode:      b.config.GuestAdditionsMode,
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/ovf/step_import.go b/builder/virtualbox/ovf/step_import.go
index caab759b2..b3dd53a19 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/ovf/step_import.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/ovf/step_import.go
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import (
 
 // This step imports an OVF VM into VirtualBox.
 type StepImport struct {
-	Name        string
-	ImportFlags []string
+	Name           string
+	ImportFlags    []string
+	KeepRegistered bool
 
 	vmName string
 }
@@ -42,11 +43,10 @@ func (s *StepImport) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
 
 	driver := state.Get("driver").(vboxcommon.Driver)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
-	config := state.Get("config").(*Config)
 
 	_, cancelled := state.GetOk(multistep.StateCancelled)
 	_, halted := state.GetOk(multistep.StateHalted)
-	if (config.KeepRegistered) && (!cancelled && !halted) {
+	if (s.KeepRegistered) && (!cancelled && !halted) {
 		ui.Say("Keeping virtual machine registered with VirtualBox host (keep_registered = true)")
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/ovf/step_import_test.go b/builder/virtualbox/ovf/step_import_test.go
index 482bfdcdc..ae7425a22 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/ovf/step_import_test.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/ovf/step_import_test.go
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ func TestStepImport_impl(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestStepImport(t *testing.T) {
 	state := testState(t)
-	cfg := testConfig(t)
-	var c Config
-	c.Prepare(cfg)
 	state.Put("vm_path", "foo")
-	state.Put("config", &c)
+
 	step := new(StepImport)
 	step.Name = "bar"
 
@@ -46,16 +43,24 @@ func TestStepImport(t *testing.T) {
 	} else if name != "bar" {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", name)
 	}
+}
 
-	// Test cleanup
-	c.KeepRegistered = true
-	step.Cleanup(state)
+func TestStepImport_Cleanup(t *testing.T) {
+	state := testState(t)
+	state.Put("vm_path", "foo")
 
+	step := new(StepImport)
+	step.vmName = "bar"
+
+	driver := state.Get("driver").(*vboxcommon.DriverMock)
+
+	step.KeepRegistered = true
+	step.Cleanup(state)
 	if driver.DeleteCalled {
 		t.Fatal("delete should not be called")
 	}
 
-	c.KeepRegistered = false
+	state.Put(multistep.StateHalted, true)
 	step.Cleanup(state)
 	if !driver.DeleteCalled {
 		t.Fatal("delete should be called")