diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDao.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDao.java
index 290f1afd90f..882084b48b9 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDao.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDao.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public interface LegacyZoneDao extends GenericDao<LegacyZoneVO, Long> {
      * @param zoneId - id of zone
      * @return Object of legacy zone (LegacyZoneVO) identified by zoneId
      */
-    LegacyZoneVO findByZoneId(String zoneId);
+    LegacyZoneVO findByZoneId(Long zoneId);
 
     /**
      * Lists all legacy CloudStack zones
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDaoImpl.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDaoImpl.java
index 11ae4a329a8..46e8105f0a9 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDaoImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDaoImpl.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class LegacyZoneDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<LegacyZoneVO, Long> implem
     }
 
     @Override
-    public LegacyZoneVO findByZoneId(String zoneId) {
+    public LegacyZoneVO findByZoneId(Long zoneId) {
         SearchCriteria<LegacyZoneVO> sc = zoneSearch.create();
         sc.setParameters("zoneId", zoneId);
         return findOneBy(sc);
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManagerImpl.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManagerImpl.java
index 67d3963cdc5..36d23229b70 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManagerImpl.java
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ public class VmwareManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VmwareManager, Vmw
     @Override
     public boolean isLegacyZone(long dcId) {
         boolean isLegacyZone = false;
-        LegacyZoneVO legacyZoneVo = _legacyZoneDao.findById(dcId);
+        LegacyZoneVO legacyZoneVo = _legacyZoneDao.findByZoneId(dcId);
         if (legacyZoneVo != null) {
             isLegacyZone = true;
         }