diff --git a/src/saltext/vmware/modules/vm.py b/src/saltext/vmware/modules/vm.py
index 9d2426e6..82833760 100644
--- a/src/saltext/vmware/modules/vm.py
+++ b/src/saltext/vmware/modules/vm.py
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ def relocate(
         The name of the datastore you want to move the virtual machine to.
 
     datacenter_name
-        The name of the datacenter containing the datastore.
+        (optional) The name of the datacenter containing the virtual machine.
 
     service_instance
         (optional) The Service Instance from which to obtain managed object references.
@@ -638,9 +638,12 @@ def relocate(
     vm_ref = utils_common.get_mor_by_property(service_instance, vim.VirtualMachine, vm_name)
     resources = utils_common.deployment_resources(new_host_name, service_instance)
     assert isinstance(datastore_name, str)
-    datastores = utils_datastore.get_datastores(
-        service_instance, datastore_name=datastore_name, datacenter_name=datacenter_name
-    )
+    if datacenter_name:
+        datastores = utils_datastore.get_datastores(
+            service_instance, datastore_name=datastore_name, datacenter_name=datacenter_name
+        )
+    else:
+        datastores = utils_datastore.get_datastores(service_instance, datastore_name=datastore_name)
     datastore_ref = datastores[0] if datastores else None
     ret = utils_vm.relocate(
         vm_ref, resources["destination_host"], datastore_ref, resources["resource_pool"]