diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/vcenter_driver.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/vcenter_driver.rb
index 4cc09b46b2..553beae695 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/vcenter_driver.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/vcenter_driver.rb
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ private
         if connection.rp_confined?
             rp = connection.cluster.resource_pool.first
         else
-            rp = connection.cluster.default_resource_pool
+            rp = connection.default_resource_pool
         end
 
         relocate_spec = RbVmomi::VIM.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec(