diff --git a/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py b/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py
index 96cdaef9f9..84979dc270 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class VMWareInventory(object):
             methods = dir(vobj)
             methods = [str(x) for x in methods if not x.startswith('_')]
             methods = [x for x in methods if x not in self.bad_types]
-            methods = [x for x in methods if not x.lower() in self.skip_keys]
+            methods = [x for x in methods if not inkey + '.' + x.lower() in self.skip_keys]
             methods = sorted(methods)
 
             for method in methods: