diff --git a/src/config/schema-transformer/to_bgp.py b/src/config/schema-transformer/to_bgp.py
index 9435ce212b1..5fc5005b05a 100644
--- a/src/config/schema-transformer/to_bgp.py
+++ b/src/config/schema-transformer/to_bgp.py
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@ def add_virtual_machine_service_instance(self, idents, meta):
     def delete_virtual_machine_service_instance(self, idents, meta):
         vm_name = idents['virtual-machine']
         si_name = idents['service-instance']
-        vm = VirtualMachineST.delete(si_name)
+        vm = VirtualMachineST.delete(vm_name)
         for sc in ServiceChain._dict.values():
             if si_name in sc.service_list:
                 if VirtualNetworkST.get(sc.left_vn) is not None: