diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceCloudStack.py b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceCloudStack.py
index 54810439e8d..8cb0d5a7ac7 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceCloudStack.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceCloudStack.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def availability_zone(self):
 def get_data_server():
     # Returns the metadataserver from dns
     try:
-        addrinfo = getaddrinfo("data-server.", 80)
+        addrinfo = getaddrinfo("data-server", 80)
     except gaierror:
         LOG.debug("DNS Entry data-server not found")
         return None