diff --git a/esx_service/vmdk_ops.py b/esx_service/vmdk_ops.py
index bb9063db4..fe61825dc 100755
--- a/esx_service/vmdk_ops.py
+++ b/esx_service/vmdk_ops.py
@@ -331,9 +331,10 @@ def detachVMDK(vmdk_path, vm_name):
 
 # Check existence (and creates if needed) the path
 def getVolPath(vm_config_path):
-    # The volumes folder is created in the parent of the given VM's folder.
-    path = os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(vm_config_path)), DOCK_VOLS_DIR)
+    # The folder for Docker volumes is created on <vm_datastore>/DOCK_VOLS_DIR
+    # On ESX the path is always /vmfs/volume/datastore/... , so we can do this:
+    vm_datastore = "/".join(vm_config_path.split("/")[0:4])
+    path = os.path.join(vm_datastore, DOCK_VOLS_DIR)
 
     if os.path.isdir(path):
         # If the path exists then return it as is.
@@ -404,23 +405,22 @@ def connectLocal():
 
 
 def findDeviceByPath(vmdk_path, vm):
-
     for d in vm.config.hardware.device:
         if type(d) != vim.vm.device.VirtualDisk:
             continue
 
-# Disks of all backing have a backing object with
-# a filename attribute in it. The filename identifies the
-# virtual disk by name and can be used to try a match
-# with the given name. Filename has format like,
-# "[<datastore name>] <parent-directory>/<vmdk-descriptor-name>".
+        # Disks of all backing have a backing object with a filename attribute.
+        # The filename identifies the virtual disk by name and can be used
+        # to match with the given name.
+        # Filename format is as follows:
+        #   "[<datastore name>] <parent-directory>/<vmdk-descriptor-name>"
         backing_disk = d.backing.fileName.split(" ")[1]
 
         # Construct the parent dir and vmdk name, resolving
         # links if any.
         dvol_dir = os.path.dirname(vmdk_path)
         real_vol_dir = os.path.basename(os.path.realpath(dvol_dir))
-        virtual_disk = real_vol_dir + "/" + os.path.basename(vmdk_path)
+        virtual_disk = os.path.join(real_vol_dir, os.path.basename(vmdk_path))
         if virtual_disk == backing_disk:
             logging.debug("findDeviceByPath: MATCH: %s", backing_disk)
             return d