diff --git a/salt/utils/vmware.py b/salt/utils/vmware.py
index 96575bfc65..cbc48c1d58 100644
--- a/salt/utils/vmware.py
+++ b/salt/utils/vmware.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 import atexit
 import logging
 import time
+from httplib import BadStatusLine
 
 # Import Salt Libs
 from salt.exceptions import SaltSystemExit
@@ -440,7 +441,15 @@ def get_mors_with_properties(service_instance, object_type, property_list=None,
         rootFolder.
     '''
     # Get all the content
-    content = get_content(service_instance, object_type, property_list=property_list, container_ref=container_ref)
+    content_args = [service_instance, object_type]
+    content_kwargs = {'property_list': property_list,
+                      'container_ref': container_ref,
+                      'traversal_spec': traversal_spec,
+                      'local_properties': local_properties}
+    try:
+        content = get_content(*content_args, **content_kwargs)
+    except BadStatusLine:
+        content = get_content(*content_args, **content_kwargs)
 
     object_list = []
     for obj in content: