diff --git a/bin/swift-get-nodes b/bin/swift-get-nodes
index 9d09517487..e1744274f3 100644
--- a/bin/swift-get-nodes
+++ b/bin/swift-get-nodes
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     ring = ring_name = None
     if ring_path:
-        ring_name = basename(ring_path)[:len('ring.gz')]
+        ring_name = basename(ring_path)[:-len('.ring.gz')]
         ring = Ring(ring_path)
 
     try:
diff --git a/swift/cli/info.py b/swift/cli/info.py
index c61ee2fe6c..5c8fb805be 100644
--- a/swift/cli/info.py
+++ b/swift/cli/info.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def parse_get_node_args(options, args):
     if options.policy_name:
         if POLICIES.get_by_name(options.policy_name) is None:
             raise InfoSystemExit('No policy named %r' % options.policy_name)
-    elif args and args[0].endswith('ring.gz'):
+    elif args and args[0].endswith('.ring.gz'):
         if os.path.exists(args[0]):
             ring_path = args.pop(0)
         else: