diff --git a/ocs_ci/deployment/ibmcloud.py b/ocs_ci/deployment/ibmcloud.py
index b9bedefbabc1..33971c940f8b 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/deployment/ibmcloud.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/deployment/ibmcloud.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def _get_vpn_ids(resource_group_id):
             vpn_ids = []
             for vpn_obj in vpn_objs:
                 vpn_ids.append(vpn_obj["id"])
-            return vpn_obj
+            return vpn_ids
 
         def _get_pgw_ids(resource_group_id):
             cmd = f"ibmcloud is public-gateways --resource-group-id {resource_group_id} --output json"