diff --git a/awx/main/models/inventory.py b/awx/main/models/inventory.py
index 055bd57356..56ec5faf76 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/inventory.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/inventory.py
@@ -1494,8 +1494,11 @@ class PluginFileInjector(object):
         if self.base_injector == 'managed':
             from awx.main.models.credential import injectors as builtin_injectors
 
-            cred_kind = inventory_update.source.replace('ec2', 'aws')
-            cred_kind = inventory_update.source.replace('vmware_esxi', 'vmware')
+            cred_kind = inventory_update.source
+            if cred_kind == 'ec2':
+                cred_kind = cred_kind.replace('ec2', 'aws')
+            elif cred_kind == 'vmware_esxi':
+                cred_kind = cred_kind.replace('vmware_esxi', 'vmware')
             if cred_kind in dir(builtin_injectors):
                 getattr(builtin_injectors, cred_kind)(credential, injected_env, private_data_dir)
         elif self.base_injector == 'template':
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/data/inventory/plugins/vmware_esxi/env.json b/awx/main/tests/data/inventory/plugins/vmware_esxi/env.json
index 0967ef424b..e2e8c5bd91 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/data/inventory/plugins/vmware_esxi/env.json
+++ b/awx/main/tests/data/inventory/plugins/vmware_esxi/env.json
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-{}
+{
+    "VMWARE_HOST": "https://foo.invalid",
+    "VMWARE_PASSWORD": "fooo",
+    "VMWARE_USER": "fooo",
+    "VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS": "False"
+}
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