diff --git a/engine/storage/volume/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/volume/VolumeObject.java b/engine/storage/volume/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/volume/VolumeObject.java
index b24b7155bb4..f5a1276cf2d 100644
--- a/engine/storage/volume/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/volume/VolumeObject.java
+++ b/engine/storage/volume/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/volume/VolumeObject.java
@@ -335,7 +335,11 @@ public class VolumeObject implements VolumeInfo {
             return this.volumeVO.getPath();
         } else {
             DataObjectInStore objInStore = this.objectInStoreMgr.findObject(this, dataStore);
-            return objInStore.getInstallPath();
+            if (objInStore != null) {
+                return objInStore.getInstallPath();
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
         }
     }