diff --git a/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/ZoneWideStoragePoolAllocator.java b/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/ZoneWideStoragePoolAllocator.java
index c45f8a822a9..a4aa3d5cf84 100644
--- a/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/ZoneWideStoragePoolAllocator.java
+++ b/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/ZoneWideStoragePoolAllocator.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class ZoneWideStoragePoolAllocator extends AbstractStoragePoolAllocator {
 			VirtualMachineProfile<? extends VirtualMachine> vmProfile,
 			DeploymentPlan plan, ExcludeList avoid, int returnUpTo) {
 		List<StoragePool> suitablePools = new ArrayList<StoragePool>();
-		HypervisorType hypervisor = vmProfile.getHypervisorType();
+		HypervisorType hypervisor = dskCh.getHypersorType();
 		if (hypervisor != null) {
 			if (hypervisor != HypervisorType.KVM) {
 				s_logger.debug("Only kvm supports zone wide storage");