diff --git a/vsphere/internal/virtualdevice/virtual_machine_disk_subresource.go b/vsphere/internal/virtualdevice/virtual_machine_disk_subresource.go
index 785baf48b..955f41af3 100644
--- a/vsphere/internal/virtualdevice/virtual_machine_disk_subresource.go
+++ b/vsphere/internal/virtualdevice/virtual_machine_disk_subresource.go
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ nextNew:
 				delete(nm, "size")
 			}
 		}
-		if dsID, ok := nm["datastore_id"]; !ok || dsID == "" {
+		if _, ok := nm["datastore_id"]; !ok {
 			nm["datastore_id"] = diskDatastoreComputedName
 		}
 		normalized = append(normalized, nm)