diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 0b18eb1bf60..9e2b62bff23 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements
         long disksize;
         try {
             primaryPool = _storagePoolMgr.getStoragePool(pool.getUuid());
+            disksize = dskch.getSize();
 
             if (cmd.getTemplateUrl() != null) {
 
@@ -1170,9 +1171,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements
                     return new Answer(cmd, false,
                             " Can't create storage volume on storage pool");
                 }
-                disksize = vol.getSize();
             } else {
-                disksize = dskch.getSize();
                 vol = primaryPool.createPhysicalDisk(UUID.randomUUID()
                         .toString(), dskch.getSize());
             }