diff --git a/plugins/inventory/consul_io.py b/plugins/inventory/consul_io.py
index 46d47fd3bf5..e0ff3fbbebd 100755
--- a/plugins/inventory/consul_io.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/consul_io.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class ConsulInventory(object):
     '''loads the data for a sinle node adding it to various groups based on
     metadata retrieved from the kv store and service availablity'''
 
-    index, node_data = self.consul_api.catalog.node(node, datacenter)
+    index, node_data = self.consul_api.catalog.node(node, dc=datacenter)
     node = node_data['Node']
     self.add_node_to_map(self.nodes, 'all', node)
     self.add_metadata(node_data, "consul_datacenter", datacenter)