diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/virtualbox_inventory.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/virtualbox_inventory.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8f099cf7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/virtualbox_inventory.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+- Raise AnsibleParserError which was missing previously
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
index 9ec1aedfa6d..684e302c73d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             try:
                 p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE)
             except Exception as e:
-                AnsibleParserError(to_native(e))
+                raise AnsibleParserError(to_native(e))
 
             source_data = p.stdout.read().splitlines()