diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage.sh b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage.sh
index 5760d5dffe3..d2ed050cb9b 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage.sh
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ elif [ $type == "lvmoiscsi" -o $type == "lvm" ]; then
     cleanup
     exit 0
   fi
+  lvsize=$(xe vdi-param-get uuid=$uuid param-name=physical-utilisation)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "12#failed to get physical size of vdi $uuid"
+    cleanup
+    exit 0
+  fi
   lvchange -ay /dev/VG_XenStorage-$sruuid/VHD-$uuid
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "10#lvm can not make VDI $uuid  visiable"
@@ -89,12 +95,6 @@ elif [ $type == "lvmoiscsi" -o $type == "lvm" ]; then
     cleanup
     exit 0
   fi
-  lvsize=$(xe vdi-param-get uuid=$uuid param-name=physical-utilisation)
-  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "12#failed to get physical size of vdi $uuid"
-    cleanup
-    exit 0
-  fi
   vhd-util modify -s $lvsize -n /dev/VG_XenStorage-$sruuid/VHD-$uuid
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "13#failed to set new vhd physical size for vdi vdi $uuid"