diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/rm b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/rm
index 93fcae6da7..5ce73d5fbf 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/rm
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/rm
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SOURCE \
 
 SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[0]}"
 DS_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[1]}"
-USE_SSH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[4]:-$DS_USE_SSH}"
-IMAGE_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[2]}"
+USE_SSH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[2]:-$DS_USE_SSH}"
+IMAGE_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[3]}"
 
 DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $IMAGE_ID` # To comply with vmfs_set_up
 SRC_FOLDER=`basename $SRC`