diff --git a/tools/ds-identify b/tools/ds-identify
index 537468fef90..f509f566f88 100755
--- a/tools/ds-identify
+++ b/tools/ds-identify
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ detect_virt() {
 read_virt() {
     cached "$DI_VIRT" && return 0
     detect_virt
-    DI_VIRT="$(echo "${_RET}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+    DI_VIRT="${_RET}"
 }
 
 is_container() {