diff --git a/tests/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_clone_tests.rb b/tests/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_clone_tests.rb
index e698df723..895f65762 100644
--- a/tests/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_clone_tests.rb
+++ b/tests/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_clone_tests.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 Shindo.tests("Fog::Compute[:vsphere] | vm_clone request", 'vsphere') do
   #require 'guid'
-  template = "/Datacenters/Solutions/vm/Jeff/Templates/centos56gm2"
+  
   compute = Fog::Compute[:vsphere]
+  response = nil
+  response_linked = nil
 
+  template = "/Datacenters/Solutions/vm/Jeff/Templates/centos56gm2"
   tests("Standard Clone | The return value should") do
     response = compute.vm_clone('path' => template, 'name' => 'cloning_vm', 'wait' => 1)
     test("be a kind of Hash") { response.kind_of? Hash }
@@ -12,13 +15,13 @@ Shindo.tests("Fog::Compute[:vsphere] | vm_clone request", 'vsphere') do
   end
   template = "/Datacenters/Solutions/vm/Jeff/Templates/cloning_vm"
   tests("Linked Clone | The return value should") do
-    response_linked = compute.vm_clone('path' => template, 'name' => 'cloning_vm', 'wait' => 1)
+    response_linked = compute.vm_clone('path' => template, 'name' => 'cloning_vm_linked', 'wait' => 1)
     test("be a kind of Hash") { response_linked.kind_of? Hash }
     %w{ vm_ref task_ref }.each do |key|
       test("have a #{key} key") { response_linked.has_key? key }
     end
   end
-  ## clean up afterward as in the aws tests. remove the source first and then the linked clone
+  ## clean up afterward as in the aws tests.
   compute.vm_power_off('uuid' => response_linked['vm_attributes']['uuid'],  'instance_uuid' => response_linked['vm_attributes']['instance_uuid'], 'force' => 1)
   compute.vm_destroy('instance_uuid' => response_linked['vm_attributes']['instance_uuid'])
   compute.vm_power_off('uuid' => response['vm_attributes']['uuid'],  'instance_uuid' => response['vm_attributes']['instance_uuid'], 'force' => 1)