From ec75913412f441386b4113b048bce3263bbdf055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Megan Marsh <megan@hashicorp.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:34:26 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix crash that occurs when dir is nil

---
 builder/vmware/common/artifact.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builder/vmware/common/artifact.go b/builder/vmware/common/artifact.go
index b8056e544..c9fa075d2 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/common/artifact.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/common/artifact.go
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ func (a *artifact) State(name string) interface{} {
 }
 
 func (a *artifact) Destroy() error {
-	return a.dir.RemoveAll()
+	if a.dir != nil {
+		return a.dir.RemoveAll()
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func NewArtifact(remoteType string, format string, exportOutputPath string, vmName string, skipExport bool, keepRegistered bool, state multistep.StateBag) (packer.Artifact, error) {