diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py
index c27116c384a..af385ee3002 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/cloudstack.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStack(object):
 
     def _connect(self):
         api_key = self.module.params.get('api_key')
-        api_secret = self.module.params.get('secret_key')
+        api_secret = self.module.params.get('api_secret')
         api_url = self.module.params.get('api_url')
         api_http_method = self.module.params.get('api_http_method')
         api_timeout = self.module.params.get('api_timeout')