diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/test_vmware_vmdk.py b/cinder/tests/unit/test_vmware_vmdk.py
index 7f0c3013671..472a2e3caf4 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/test_vmware_vmdk.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/test_vmware_vmdk.py
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ class VMwareVcVmdkDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         select_ds_for_volume.assert_called_once_with(volume)
         vops.get_create_spec.assert_called_once_with(
-            volume['name'], 0, disk_type, summary.name, profileId=profile_id,
+            volume['name'], 0, disk_type, summary.name, profile_id=profile_id,
             adapter_type=adapter_type, extra_config=extra_config)
         self.assertEqual(vm_create_spec, import_spec.configSpec)
         download_image.assert_called_with(
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py
index 7c3aa76633e..1496b291820 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ class VMwareVcVmdkDriver(driver.VolumeDriver):
             dummy_disk_size,
             disk_type,
             summary.name,
-            profileId=profile_id,
+            profile_id=profile_id,
             adapter_type=adapter_type,
             extra_config=extra_config)
         # convert vm_create_spec to vm_import_spec