diff --git a/lib/rbvmomi/vim/ServiceInstance.rb b/lib/rbvmomi/vim/ServiceInstance.rb
index 2393b7dc..957450b0 100644
--- a/lib/rbvmomi/vim/ServiceInstance.rb
+++ b/lib/rbvmomi/vim/ServiceInstance.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class RbVmomi::VIM::ServiceInstance
   # @return [Datacenter]
   def find_datacenter path=nil
     if path
-      content.rootFolder.traverse path, RbVmomi::VIM::Datacenter
+      content.rootFolder.childEntity.grep(RbVmomi::VIM::Datacenter).find { |x| x.name == path }
     else
       content.rootFolder.childEntity.grep(RbVmomi::VIM::Datacenter).first
     end