diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c
index c96bd624f4..c339186ba8 100644
--- a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c
+++ b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c
@@ -331,15 +331,15 @@ vmwareDomainConfigDisplay(vmwareDomainPtr pDomain, virDomainDefPtr def)
     }
 }
 
-int
-vmwareParsePath(char *path, char **directory, char **filename)
+static int
+vmwareParsePath(const char *path, char **directory, char **filename)
 {
     char *separator;
 
     separator = strrchr(path, '/');
 
     if (separator != NULL) {
-        *separator++ = '\0';
+        separator++;
 
         if (*separator == '\0') {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ vmwareParsePath(char *path, char **directory, char **filename)
             return -1;
         }
 
-        if (VIR_STRDUP(*directory, path) < 0)
+        if (VIR_STRNDUP(*directory, path, separator - path - 1) < 0)
             goto error;
         if (VIR_STRDUP(*filename, separator) < 0) {
             VIR_FREE(*directory);
diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.h b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.h
index b9fca6cc5e..c99610d4ca 100644
--- a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.h
+++ b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/* Copyright 2010, diateam (www.diateam.net)
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2010, diateam (www.diateam.net)
  * Copyright (c) 2013, Doug Goldstein (cardoe@cardoe.com)
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -71,8 +73,6 @@ int vmwareParseVersionStr(int type, const char *buf, unsigned long *version);
 
 int vmwareDomainConfigDisplay(vmwareDomainPtr domain, virDomainDefPtr vmdef);
 
-int vmwareParsePath(char *path, char **directory, char **filename);
-
 int vmwareConstructVmxPath(char *directoryName, char *name,
                            char **vmxPath);