diff --git a/communicator/ssh/communicator.go b/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
index 5c9be02bc..a6ebeefa2 100644
--- a/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
+++ b/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func (c *comm) scpUploadSession(path string, input io.Reader, fi *os.FileInfo) e
 		return scpUploadFile(target_file, input, w, stdoutR, fi)
 	}
 
-	return c.scpSession("scp -vt "+strconv.Quote(target_dir), scpFunc)
+	return c.scpSession("scp -vt "+target_dir, scpFunc)
 }
 
 func (c *comm) scpUploadDirSession(dst string, src string, excl []string) error {