diff --git a/builder/vmware/common/step_clean_vmx.go b/builder/vmware/common/step_clean_vmx.go
index 59f370aff..853233e89 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/common/step_clean_vmx.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/common/step_clean_vmx.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 //   <nothing>
 type StepCleanVMX struct {
 	RemoveEthernetInterfaces bool
-	SkipVNCDisable           bool
+	VNCEnabled               bool
 }
 
 func (s StepCleanVMX) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (s StepCleanVMX) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 		vmxData[ide+"clientdevice"] = "TRUE"
 	}
 
-	if !s.SkipVNCDisable {
+	if s.VNCEnabled {
 		ui.Message("Disabling VNC server...")
 		vmxData["remotedisplay.vnc.enabled"] = "FALSE"
 	}
diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/builder.go b/builder/vmware/iso/builder.go
index c772d17a2..44db307a7 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/builder.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/iso/builder.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		},
 		&vmwcommon.StepCleanVMX{
 			RemoveEthernetInterfaces: b.config.VMXConfig.VMXRemoveEthernet,
-			SkipVNCDisable:           b.config.DisableVNC,
+			VNCEnabled:               !b.config.DisableVNC,
 		},
 		&StepUploadVMX{
 			RemoteType: b.config.RemoteType,
diff --git a/builder/vmware/vmx/builder.go b/builder/vmware/vmx/builder.go
index ef2e4cc86..b7c70d548 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/vmx/builder.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/vmx/builder.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		},
 		&vmwcommon.StepCleanVMX{
 			RemoveEthernetInterfaces: b.config.VMXConfig.VMXRemoveEthernet,
-			SkipVNCDisable:           b.config.DisableVNC,
+			VNCEnabled:               !b.config.DisableVNC,
 		},
 	}