diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 3e055b4db5f..3f90e56daef 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, Manager
         }
 
         // Check that the volume is stored on shared storage
-        if (!_storageMgr.volumeOnSharedStoragePool(volume)) {
+        if (!(Volume.State.Allocated.equals(volume.getState()) && !_storageMgr.volumeOnSharedStoragePool(volume))) {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Please specify a volume that has been created on a shared storage pool.");
         }