diff --git a/provisioner/windows-restart/provisioner.go b/provisioner/windows-restart/provisioner.go
index ecf15e6a1..298e20802 100644
--- a/provisioner/windows-restart/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/windows-restart/provisioner.go
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/masterzen/winrm"
 )
 
-var DefaultRestartCommand = "shutdown /r /f /t 0 /c \"packer restart\""
+var DefaultRestartCommand = `shutdown /r /f /t 0 /c "packer restart"`
 var DefaultRestartCheckCommand = winrm.Powershell(`echo "${env:COMPUTERNAME} restarted."`)
 var retryableSleep = 5 * time.Second
-var TryCheckReboot = "shutdown.exe -f -r -t 60"
-var AbortReboot = "shutdown.exe -a"
+var TryCheckReboot = `shutdown /r /f /t 60 /c "packer restart test"`
+var AbortReboot = `shutdown /a`
 
 type Config struct {
 	common.PackerConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
@@ -124,21 +124,29 @@ var waitForRestart = func(p *Provisioner, comm packer.Communicator) error {
 	for {
 		log.Printf("Check if machine is rebooting...")
 		cmd = &packer.RemoteCmd{Command: trycommand}
-		err = cmd.StartWithUi(comm, ui)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := p.comm.Start(cmd); err != nil {
 			// Couldn't execute, we assume machine is rebooting already
 			break
 		}
-
-		if cmd.ExitStatus == 1115 || cmd.ExitStatus == 1190 {
+		cmd.Wait()
+		if cmd.ExitStatus == 1 {
+			// SSH provisioner, and we're already rebooting. SSH can reconnect
+			// without our help; exit this wait loop.
+			break
+		}
+		if cmd.ExitStatus == 1115 || cmd.ExitStatus == 1190 || cmd.ExitStatus == 1717 {
 			// Reboot already in progress but not completed
 			log.Printf("Reboot already in progress, waiting...")
 			time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+			break
 		}
 		if cmd.ExitStatus == 0 {
 			// Cancel reboot we created to test if machine was already rebooting
 			cmd = &packer.RemoteCmd{Command: abortcommand}
-			cmd.StartWithUi(comm, ui)
+			if err := p.comm.Start(cmd); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			cmd.Wait()
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -175,7 +183,6 @@ WaitLoop:
 			return fmt.Errorf("Interrupt detected, quitting waiting for machine to restart")
 		}
 	}
-
 	return nil
 
 }