diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 63b85a573bc..36eea2940f5 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -2234,7 +2234,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, Manager
 
         // check if account/domain is with in resource limits to create a new vm
         _resourceLimitMgr.checkResourceLimit(owner, ResourceType.user_vm);
-        _resourceLimitMgr.checkResourceLimit(owner, ResourceType.volume);
+        _resourceLimitMgr.checkResourceLimit(owner, ResourceType.volume, (diskOfferingId == null ? 1 : 2));
 
         //verify security group ids
         if (securityGroupIdList != null) {