diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
index 06c0e3133a7..a7c82914867 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
@@ -2229,7 +2229,7 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
                 s_logger.info("Prepare NIC device based on NicTO: " + _gson.toJson(nicTo));
 
                 String adapterTypeStr = deployAsIs ?
-                        deployAsIsInfo.getNicAdapterMap().get(nicTo.getDeviceId()) :
+                        mapAdapterType(deployAsIsInfo.getNicAdapterMap().get(nicTo.getDeviceId())) :
                         vmSpec.getDetails().get(VmDetailConstants.NIC_ADAPTER);
                 nicDeviceType = VirtualEthernetCardType.valueOf(adapterTypeStr);
 
@@ -2402,6 +2402,19 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
         }
     }
 
+    private String mapAdapterType(String adapterStringFromOVF) {
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(adapterStringFromOVF) || adapterStringFromOVF.equalsIgnoreCase(VirtualEthernetCardType.E1000.toString())) {
+            return VirtualEthernetCardType.E1000.toString();
+        } else if (adapterStringFromOVF.equalsIgnoreCase(VirtualEthernetCardType.PCNet32.toString())) {
+            return VirtualEthernetCardType.PCNet32.toString();
+        } else if (adapterStringFromOVF.equalsIgnoreCase(VirtualEthernetCardType.Vmxnet2.toString())) {
+            return VirtualEthernetCardType.Vmxnet2.toString();
+        } else if (adapterStringFromOVF.equalsIgnoreCase(VirtualEthernetCardType.Vmxnet3.toString())) {
+            return VirtualEthernetCardType.Vmxnet3.toString();
+        }
+        return VirtualEthernetCardType.E1000.toString();
+    }
+
     private int getDisksChangesNumberFromDisksSpec(DiskTO[] disks, boolean deployAsIs) {
         if (!deployAsIs) {
             return disks.length;