diff --git a/fuelclient/cli/actions/vip.py b/fuelclient/cli/actions/vip.py
index 964a2055..d0f56f12 100644
--- a/fuelclient/cli/actions/vip.py
+++ b/fuelclient/cli/actions/vip.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 from fuelclient.cli.actions.base import Action
 import fuelclient.cli.arguments as Args
+from fuelclient.cli import serializers
 from fuelclient.objects.environment import Environment
 
 
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ class VIPAction(Action):
 
     def __init__(self):
         super(VIPAction, self).__init__()
+        # NOTE(aroma): 'serializer' attribute for action objects is
+        # overwritten while building parser object
+        # (fuelclient.cli.parser.Parser)
+        self.file_serializer = serializers.FileFormatBasedSerializer()
         self.args = (
             Args.get_env_arg(required=True),
             Args.get_upload_file_arg("Upload changed VIP configuration "
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ class VIPAction(Action):
         env = Environment(params.env)
         vips_data = env.read_vips_data_from_file(
             file_path=params.upload,
-            serializer=self.serializer
+            serializer=self.file_serializer
         )
         env.set_vips_data(vips_data)
         print("VIP configuration uploaded.")
diff --git a/fuelclient/tests/unit/v1/test_vip_action.py b/fuelclient/tests/unit/v1/test_vip_action.py
index 8c487889..fda0a3ca 100644
--- a/fuelclient/tests/unit/v1/test_vip_action.py
+++ b/fuelclient/tests/unit/v1/test_vip_action.py
@@ -166,12 +166,18 @@ class TestVIPActions(base.UnitTestCase):
         mopen().__enter__().read.return_value = MANY_VIPS_YAML
         self.m_request.get('/api/v1/clusters/1/', json=ENV_OUTPUT)
         request_put = self.m_request.put(url, json={})
+
+        file_path = 'vips.yaml'
+
         with mock.patch('fuelclient.objects.environment.os') as env_os:
             env_os.path.exists.return_value = True
-            self.execute('fuel vip --env 1 --upload vips_1.yaml'.split())
+            self.execute(['fuel', 'vip', '--env', '1', '--upload', file_path])
         self.assertEqual(env_os.path.exists.call_count, 1)
         self.assertEqual(request_put.call_count, 1)
         self.assertIn(url, request_put.last_request.url)
+        # FileFormatBasedSerializer.read_from_file must not modify given
+        # file path string
+        self.assertEqual(file_path, mopen.call_args[0][0])
 
     def test_vips_upload_bad_path(self, mos, mopen):
         with mock.patch('sys.stderr', new=six.moves.cStringIO()) as mstderr: