diff --git a/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/get_virtual_machine.rb b/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/get_virtual_machine.rb
index 2f4b64bda..ded4a7b61 100644
--- a/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/get_virtual_machine.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/get_virtual_machine.rb
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ module Fog
         def get_vm_by_name(name, dc)
           vms = raw_list_all_virtual_machines(dc)
 
-          if name.include?('/')
-            folder, basename = name.split('/')
-            vms.keep_if { |v| v["name"] == basename && v.parent["name"] == folder }.first
+         if name.include?('/')
+            folder = File.dirname(name)
+            basename = File.basename(name)
+            vms.keep_if { |v| v["name"] == basename && v.parent.pretty_path.include?(folder) }.first
           else
             vms.keep_if { |v| v["name"] == name }.first
           end