diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
index 6fc64b3b657..7d5f66aff23 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ public abstract class CitrixResourceBase implements ServerResource, HypervisorRe
 
             if (vmSpec.getLimitCpuUse()) {
                 // CPU cap is per VM, so need to assign cap based on the number of vcpus
-                utilization = (int) ((speed * 0.99 * vmSpec.getCpus()) / _host.speed * 100);
+                utilization = (int) ((vmSpec.getMaxSpeed() * 0.99 * vmSpec.getCpus()) / _host.speed * 100);
             }
 
             vcpuParams.put("weight", Integer.toString(cpuWeight));