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 5eb988f9702..457e17313e2 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
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
                     StorageVol v = conn.storageVolLookupByPath(path);
                     int flags = 0;
 
-                    if (conn.getLibVirVersion() > 1001000 && vol.getFormat() == PhysicalDiskFormat.RAW) {
+                    if (conn.getLibVirVersion() > 1001000 && vol.getFormat() == PhysicalDiskFormat.RAW && pool.getType() != StoragePoolType.RBD) {
                         flags = 1;
                     }
                     if (shrinkOk) {