diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
index 4a0074a48a4..00432eb3f32 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
@@ -229,18 +229,13 @@ public class CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd  /*implements LoadBa
        return getAccountId();
     }
     
-    @Override
     public Integer getIcmpCode() {
         return null;
     }
     
-    @Override
     public Integer getIcmpType() {
         return null;
     }
-
-}
-    }
     
     public String getAccountName() {
         return accountName;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
index 4807d38ea4a..b4e5d50ab0f 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ public class ElasticLoadBalancerManagerImpl implements
             LoadBalancer result = null;
             try {
                 lb.setSourceIpAddressId(ipId);
-                result = _lbMgr.createLoadBalancer(lb);
+                result = _lbMgr.createLoadBalancer(lb, false);
             } catch (NetworkRuleConflictException e) {
                 s_logger.warn("Failed to create LB rule, not continuing with ELB deployment");
                 if (newIp) {
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManager.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManager.java
index 8da4adb8a1a..adfb0e9a19e 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManager.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManager.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import com.cloud.user.Account;
 
 public interface LoadBalancingRulesManager extends LoadBalancingRulesService {
     
-    LoadBalancer createLoadBalancer(CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd lb) throws NetworkRuleConflictException;
+    LoadBalancer createLoadBalancer(CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd lb, boolean openFirewall) throws NetworkRuleConflictException;
     
     boolean removeAllLoadBalanacersForIp(long ipId, Account caller, long callerUserId);
     boolean removeAllLoadBalanacersForNetwork(long networkId, Account caller, long callerUserId);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl.java
index e1171749cba..3bb0b11afdb 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl.java
@@ -358,15 +358,12 @@ public class LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl implements LoadBalancingRulesManager,
 
     @Override @DB
     @ActionEvent(eventType = EventTypes.EVENT_LOAD_BALANCER_CREATE, eventDescription = "creating load balancer")
-    public LoadBalancer createLoadBalancerRule(CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd lb, , boolean openFirewall) throws NetworkRuleConflictException, InsufficientAddressCapacityException {
+    public LoadBalancer createLoadBalancerRule(CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd lb,  boolean openFirewall) throws NetworkRuleConflictException, InsufficientAddressCapacityException {
         UserContext caller = UserContext.current();
-        int srcPortStart = lb.getSourcePortStart();
-        int srcPortEnd = lb.getSourcePortEnd();
+    
         int defPortStart = lb.getDefaultPortStart();
         int defPortEnd = lb.getDefaultPortEnd();
-
-        _firewallMgr.validateFirewallRule(caller.getCaller(), ipAddr, srcPortStart, srcPortEnd, lb.getProtocol());
-
+        
         if (!NetUtils.isValidPort(defPortEnd)) {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("privatePort is an invalid value: " + defPortEnd);
         }
@@ -379,17 +376,18 @@ public class LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl implements LoadBalancingRulesManager,
         
         LoadBalancer result = _elbMgr.handleCreateLoadBalancerRule(lb, caller.getCaller());
         if (result == null){
-            result =  createLoadBalancer(lb);
+            result =  createLoadBalancer(lb, openFirewall);
         } 
         return result;
     }
     
     @DB
-    public LoadBalancer createLoadBalancer(CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd lb) throws NetworkRuleConflictException {
+    public LoadBalancer createLoadBalancer(CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd lb, boolean openFirewall) throws NetworkRuleConflictException {
         long ipId = lb.getSourceIpAddressId();
         UserContext caller = UserContext.current();
         int srcPortStart = lb.getSourcePortStart();
         int defPortStart = lb.getDefaultPortStart();
+        int srcPortEnd = lb.getSourcePortEnd();
         
         IPAddressVO ipAddr = _ipAddressDao.findById(lb.getSourceIpAddressId());
         Long networkId = ipAddr.getSourceNetworkId();
@@ -399,6 +397,9 @@ public class LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl implements LoadBalancingRulesManager,
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unable to create load balancer rule, invalid IP address id" + ipId);
         }
         
+        _firewallMgr.validateFirewallRule(caller.getCaller(), ipAddr, srcPortStart, srcPortEnd, lb.getProtocol());
+
+        
          networkId = ipAddr.getAssociatedWithNetworkId();
         if (networkId == null) {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unable to create load balancer rule ; ip id=" + ipId + " is not associated with any network");