diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index f71e5f35d6b..526f0287561 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -2586,6 +2586,9 @@ ServerResource {
         } finally {
             try {
                 if (dm != null) {
+                    if (dm.isPersistent() == 1) {
+                        dm.undefine();
+                    }
                     dm.free();
                 }
                 if (dconn != null) {