diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/ec2/ec2_driver.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/ec2/ec2_driver.rb
index dd91b06c58..32ad59ea6b 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/ec2/ec2_driver.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/ec2/ec2_driver.rb
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class EC2Driver
             index = index + 1
         end
 
-        tags = generate_options(:tags, ec2_info)['tags'] || {}
+        tags = generate_options(:tags, ec2_info)[:tags] || {}
 
         tags['ONE_ID'] = id