diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_screenshot.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_screenshot.py
index ab9d3c37b88..5ae273ea8e6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_screenshot.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_guest_screenshot.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ options:
        downloaded from ESXi host to the local directory.'
      - 'If not download screenshot file to local machine, you can open it through the returned file URL in screenshot
        facts manually.'
-     type: str
+     type: path
 extends_documentation_fragment: vmware.documentation
 '''
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode, quote
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
-from ansible.module_utils.vmware import PyVmomi, vmware_argument_spec, wait_for_task
+from ansible.module_utils.vmware import PyVmomi, vmware_argument_spec, wait_for_task, get_parent_datacenter
 import os
 
 
@@ -163,11 +163,7 @@ class PyVmomiHelper(PyVmomi):
         if not self.is_vcenter():
             datacenter = 'ha-datacenter'
         else:
-            if self.params.get('datacenter'):
-                datacenter = self.params['datacenter']
-            else:
-                datacenter = self.get_parent_datacenter(self.current_vm_obj).name
-            datacenter = datacenter.replace('&', '%26')
+            datacenter = get_parent_datacenter(self.current_vm_obj).name.replace('&', '%26')
         params['dcPath'] = datacenter
         url_path = "https://%s%s?%s" % (self.params['hostname'], path, urlencode(params))
 
@@ -177,8 +173,6 @@ class PyVmomiHelper(PyVmomi):
         response = None
         download_size = 0
         # file is downloaded as local_file_name when specified, or use original file name
-        if not local_file_path.startswith("/"):
-            local_file_path = "/" + local_file_path
         if local_file_path.endswith('.png'):
             local_file_name = local_file_path.split('/')[-1]
             local_file_path = local_file_path.rsplit('/', 1)[0]
@@ -268,7 +262,7 @@ def main():
         datacenter=dict(type='str'),
         esxi_hostname=dict(type='str'),
         cluster=dict(type='str'),
-        local_path=dict(type='str'),
+        local_path=dict(type='path'),
     )
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=argument_spec,
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_screenshot/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_screenshot/tasks/main.yml
index 7a29538f29c..30ccf6bfdeb 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_screenshot/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest_screenshot/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
       setup_datastore: true
       setup_virtualmachines: true
 
-  - name: set state to poweroff on all VMs
+  - name: set VM state to powered on 
     vmware_guest:
       validate_certs: False
       hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
       username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
       password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
-      name: "{{ virtual_machines_in_cluster[0].name }}"
+      datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
+      folder: "{{ virtual_machines[0].folder }}"
+      name: "{{ virtual_machines[0].name }}"
       state: poweredon
 
   - name: take screenshot of virtual machine's console
@@ -26,9 +28,7 @@
       hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
       username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
       password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
-      name: "{{ virtual_machines_in_cluster[0].name }}"
-      # Note: set the datacenter key because of https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/60565
-      datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
+      name: "{{ virtual_machines[0].name }}"
     register: take_screenshot
   - debug: var=take_screenshot
   - name: assert the screenshot captured
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
       hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
       username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
       password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
-      name: "{{ virtual_machines_in_cluster[0].name }}"
+      name: "{{ virtual_machines[0].name }}"
       local_path: "/tmp/screenshot_test.png"
-      # Note: set the datacenter key because of https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/60565
       datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
+      folder: "{{ virtual_machines[0].folder }}"
     register: take_screenshot
   - debug: var=take_screenshot
   - name: assert the screenshot captured