diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/virtualnetwork/VirtualRoutingResource.java b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/virtualnetwork/VirtualRoutingResource.java
index ee803e0ebe8..c12a35b4948 100755
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/virtualnetwork/VirtualRoutingResource.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/virtualnetwork/VirtualRoutingResource.java
@@ -224,19 +224,21 @@ public class VirtualRoutingResource implements Manager {
                 } else {
                     dataBytes = data.getBytes();
                 }
-
-                try {
-                    tmpFile = File.createTempFile("vmdata_", null);
-                    FileOutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
-                    outStream.write(dataBytes); 
-                    outStream.close();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
-                    s_logger.warn("Failed to create temporary file: is " + tmpDir + " full?", e);
-                    return new Answer(cmd, false, "Failed to create or write to temporary file: is " + tmpDir + " full? " + e.getMessage() );
-                }
             }
 
+            try {
+                tmpFile = File.createTempFile("vmdata_", null);
+                FileOutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
+                if (dataBytes != null)
+                    outStream.write(dataBytes); 
+                outStream.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+                s_logger.warn("Failed to create temporary file: is " + tmpDir + " full?", e);
+                return new Answer(cmd, false, "Failed to create or write to temporary file: is " + tmpDir + " full? " + e.getMessage() );
+            }
+       
+
             final Script command  = new Script(_vmDataPath, _timeout, s_logger);
             command.add("-r", cmd.getAccessDetail(NetworkElementCommand.ROUTER_IP));
             command.add("-v", cmd.getVmIpAddress());
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops
index 811c8bb0169..915d436f117 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops
@@ -152,23 +152,25 @@ def vm_data(session, args):
         
         fd = None
         tmp_path = None
-        if (vmDataValue != "none"):
-            try:
-                fd,tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-                tmpfile = open(tmp_path, 'w')
+        
+        try:
+            fd,tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp()
+            tmpfile = open(tmp_path, 'w')
 
-                if (vmDataFolder == "userdata"):
-                    vmDataValue = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(vmDataValue)
-                    
+            if vmDataFolder == "userdata" and vmDataValue != "none":
+                vmDataValue = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(vmDataValue)
+                
+            if vmDataValue != "none":
                 tmpfile.write(vmDataValue)
-                tmpfile.close()
-                cmd.append("-d")
-                cmd.append(tmp_path)
-            except:
-                util.SMlog("  vmdata failed to write tempfile "  )
-                os.close(fd)
-                os.remove(tmp_path)
-                return ''
+                
+            tmpfile.close()
+            cmd.append("-d")
+            cmd.append(tmp_path)
+        except:
+             util.SMlog("  vmdata failed to write tempfile "  )
+             os.close(fd)
+             os.remove(tmp_path)
+             return ''
 
         try:
             txt = util.pread2(cmd)