diff --git a/lib/fog/core/attributes.rb b/lib/fog/core/attributes.rb
index 0a4b7ca4c..dd651dc86 100644
--- a/lib/fog/core/attributes.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/core/attributes.rb
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ module Fog
             class_eval <<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__
               def #{name}=(new_data)
                 if new_data.is_a?(Hash)
-                  if new_data.has_key?(:#{squash})
-                    attributes[:#{name}] = new_data[:#{squash}]
+                  if new_data.has_key?(:'#{squash}')
+                    attributes[:#{name}] = new_data[:'#{squash}']
                   elsif new_data.has_key?("#{squash}")
                     attributes[:#{name}] = new_data["#{squash}"]
                   else