diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImpl.java
index f584aa1aef1..1679b31774d 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/user/AccountManagerImpl.java
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ public class AccountManagerImpl implements AccountManager, AccountService, Manag
         if (isResourceDomainAdmin(caller.getType())) {
             if (zoneId == null)
                 return getZoneIdForAccount(caller);
-            else if (getZoneIdForAccount(caller) != zoneId)
+            else if (zoneId.compareTo(getZoneIdForAccount(caller)) != 0)
                 throw new PermissionDeniedException("Caller " + caller + "is not allowed to access the zone " + zoneId);
             else
                 return zoneId;