diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/test_vmware_vmdk.py b/cinder/tests/unit/test_vmware_vmdk.py
index bd14c0c64..d28c5eb8b 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/test_vmware_vmdk.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/test_vmware_vmdk.py
@@ -198,12 +198,12 @@ class VMwareEsxVmdkDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
     def test_get_volume_stats(self):
         """Test get_volume_stats."""
         stats = self._driver.get_volume_stats()
-        self.assertEqual(stats['vendor_name'], 'VMware')
-        self.assertEqual(stats['driver_version'], self._driver.VERSION)
-        self.assertEqual(stats['storage_protocol'], 'LSI Logic SCSI')
-        self.assertEqual(stats['reserved_percentage'], 0)
-        self.assertEqual(stats['total_capacity_gb'], 'unknown')
-        self.assertEqual(stats['free_capacity_gb'], 'unknown')
+        self.assertEqual('VMware', stats['vendor_name'])
+        self.assertEqual(self._driver.VERSION, stats['driver_version'])
+        self.assertEqual('vmdk', stats['storage_protocol'])
+        self.assertEqual(0, stats['reserved_percentage'])
+        self.assertEqual('unknown', stats['total_capacity_gb'])
+        self.assertEqual('unknown', stats['free_capacity_gb'])
 
     def test_create_volume(self):
         """Test create_volume."""
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py
index c374af31b..79edb36f0 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vmdk.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class VMwareEsxVmdkDriver(driver.VolumeDriver):
             data = {'volume_backend_name': backend_name,
                     'vendor_name': 'VMware',
                     'driver_version': self.VERSION,
-                    'storage_protocol': 'LSI Logic SCSI',
+                    'storage_protocol': 'vmdk',
                     'reserved_percentage': 0,
                     'total_capacity_gb': 'unknown',
                     'free_capacity_gb': 'unknown'}