diff --git a/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py b/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py
index 3945b7fecda..c0c799095cd 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/vmware_inventory.py
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ class VMWareInventory(object):
             return self.inventory['_meta']['hostvars'][host]
         elif self.args.host and self.inventory['_meta']['hostvars']:
             match = None
-            for k, v in self.inventory['_meta']['hostvars']:
+            for k, v in self.inventory['_meta']['hostvars'].items():
                 if self.inventory['_meta']['hostvars'][k]['name'] == self.args.host:
                     match = k
                     break