diff --git a/daemon-common/vm.py b/daemon-common/vm.py
index 6a8084a6..5cfb99f9 100644
--- a/daemon-common/vm.py
+++ b/daemon-common/vm.py
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ def remove_vm_snapshot(zkhandler, domain, snapshot_name, remove_backup=False):
     rbd_snapshots = _snapshots.split(",")
     for snap in rbd_snapshots:
         name, rbd = snap.split("@")
-        pool, volume = rbd.split("/")
+        pool, volume = name.split("/")
         ret, msg = ceph.remove_snapshot(zkhandler, pool, volume, name)
         if not ret:
             return False, msg