diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fd167284..94c60354 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ New features:
 ........S. [ZBXNEXT-3140] added {ITEM.STATE.ERROR},{LLDRULE.STATE.ERROR},{TRIGGER.STATE.ERROR} macros to indicate error messages in internal monitoring alerts (arimdjonoks)
 
 Bug fixes:
+.......PS. [ZBX-12852] fixed redundant query of vmware hv sensors info (MVekslers)
 ........S. [ZBX-19012] fixed {HOST.NAME} macros substitution (ssimonenko)
 .......PS. [ZBX-19038] fixed lld manager not to process lld rules on same host in parallel to avoid duplicated item keys being discovered; fixed crash when duplicated item key on same host exists (vso)
 A......... [ZBX-19558] fixed creating of dependent item prototypes (Sasha)
diff --git a/PATCHLIST.md b/PATCHLIST.md
index 270c9b83..ea326239 100644
--- a/PATCHLIST.md
+++ b/PATCHLIST.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 [ZBX-8081] fixed 'cmdline' parameter truncation on Solaris 11.3 and later (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-8081)
 [ZBX-8999] fixed exporting of images separately from other objects (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-8999)
 [ZBX-11764] fixed automake scripts; thanks to Tomasz Kłoczko for the patch (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-11764)
+[ZBX-12852] fixed redundant query of vmware hv sensors info (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-12852)
 [ZBX-12867] reworked problem event popup of problems widget to load data only on mouse hover and click (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-12867)
 [ZBX-13383] improved performance of the trigger and trigger prototype inheritance (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-13383)
 [ZBX-13789] improved performance of "Problems" widget with MySQL backend by removing DISTINCT modifier from SQL statements with tables joined by primary keys (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-13789)
diff --git a/src/zabbix_server/vmware/vmware.c b/src/zabbix_server/vmware/vmware.c
index a68e0f3e..0b10d4d1 100644
--- a/src/zabbix_server/vmware/vmware.c
+++ b/src/zabbix_server/vmware/vmware.c
@@ -271,10 +271,8 @@ static zbx_uint64_t	evt_req_chunk_size;
 	"/*/*/*/*/*/*[local-name()='propSet'][*[local-name()='name'][text()='config.instanceUuid']]"	\
 		"/*[local-name()='val']"
 
-#define ZBX_XPATH_HV_SENSOR_STATUS(sensor)								\
-	"/*/*/*/*/*/*[local-name()='propSet'][*[local-name()='name']"					\
-		"[text()='runtime.healthSystemRuntime.systemHealthInfo']]"				\
-		"/*[local-name()='val']/*[local-name()='numericSensorInfo']"				\
+#define ZBX_XPATH_HV_SENSOR_STATUS(node, sensor)							\
+	ZBX_XPATH_PROP_NAME(node) "/*[local-name()='HostNumericSensorInfo']"				\
 		"[*[local-name()='name'][text()='" sensor "']]"						\
 		"/*[local-name()='healthState']/*[local-name()='key']"
 
@@ -363,8 +361,8 @@ static zbx_vmware_propmap_t	hv_propmap[] = {
 	ZBX_HVPROPMAP("summary.hardware.uuid"), 		/* ZBX_VMWARE_HVPROP_HW_UUID */
 	ZBX_HVPROPMAP("summary.hardware.vendor"), 		/* ZBX_VMWARE_HVPROP_HW_VENDOR */
 	ZBX_HVPROPMAP("summary.quickStats.overallMemoryUsage"),	/* ZBX_VMWARE_HVPROP_MEMORY_USED */
-	{"runtime.healthSystemRuntime.systemHealthInfo", 	/* ZBX_VMWARE_HVPROP_HEALTH_STATE */
-			ZBX_XPATH_HV_SENSOR_STATUS("VMware Rollup Health State"), NULL},
+	{NULL, ZBX_XPATH_HV_SENSOR_STATUS("runtime.healthSystemRuntime.systemHealthInfo.numericSensorInfo",
+			"VMware Rollup Health State"), NULL},	/* ZBX_VMWARE_HVPROP_HEALTH_STATE */
 	ZBX_HVPROPMAP("summary.quickStats.uptime"),		/* ZBX_VMWARE_HVPROP_UPTIME */
 	ZBX_HVPROPMAP("summary.config.product.version"),		/* ZBX_VMWARE_HVPROP_VERSION */
 	ZBX_HVPROPMAP("summary.config.name"),			/* ZBX_VMWARE_HVPROP_NAME */
@@ -3151,6 +3149,9 @@ static int	vmware_service_get_hv_data(const zbx_vmware_service_t *service, CURL
 
 	for (i = 0; i < props_num; i++)
 	{
+		if (NULL == propmap[i].name)
+			continue;
+
 		zbx_strlcat(props, "<ns0:pathSet>", sizeof(props));
 		zbx_strlcat(props, propmap[i].name, sizeof(props));
 		zbx_strlcat(props, "</ns0:pathSet>", sizeof(props));