diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
index 90db1bd0cf5..fa9543c757c 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
@@ -445,7 +445,11 @@ public class LibvirtStorageAdaptor implements StorageAdaptor {
 	public KVMPhysicalDisk getPhysicalDisk(String volumeUuid,
 			KVMStoragePool pool) {
 		LibvirtStoragePool libvirtPool = (LibvirtStoragePool) pool;
-
+		String[] volPaths = volumeUuid.split("/");
+		if (volPaths.length == 4) {
+			//to compatible with 2.2.x, volume path is passed in
+			volumeUuid = volPaths[3];
+		}
 		try {
 			StorageVol vol = this.getVolume(libvirtPool.getPool(), volumeUuid);
 			KVMPhysicalDisk disk;