diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java b/services/secondary-storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java
index f90309dfa35..0ce36ed9beb 100755
--- a/services/secondary-storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java
@@ -1740,7 +1740,12 @@ public class NfsSecondaryStorageResource extends ServerResourceBase implements S
                 parent += File.separator;
             }
             String absoluteTemplatePath = parent + relativeTemplatePath;
-            File tmpltParent = new File(absoluteTemplatePath).getParentFile();
+            File tmpltParent;
+            if(absoluteTemplatePath.endsWith(String.valueOf(obj.getId()))) {
+                tmpltParent = new File(absoluteTemplatePath);
+            } else {
+                tmpltParent = new File(absoluteTemplatePath).getParentFile();
+            }
             String details = null;
             if (!tmpltParent.exists()) {
                 details = "template parent directory " + tmpltParent.getName() + " doesn't exist";