diff --git a/engine/schema/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/db/PrimaryDataStoreDaoImpl.java b/engine/schema/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/db/PrimaryDataStoreDaoImpl.java
index cb8ec31fdbd..0c372a5b99a 100644
--- a/engine/schema/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/db/PrimaryDataStoreDaoImpl.java
+++ b/engine/schema/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/db/PrimaryDataStoreDaoImpl.java
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ public class PrimaryDataStoreDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<StoragePoolVO, Long>
     public StoragePoolVO findPoolByHostPath(long datacenterId, Long podId, String host, String path, String uuid) {
         SearchCriteria<StoragePoolVO> sc = AllFieldSearch.create();
         sc.setParameters("hostAddress", host);
-        sc.setParameters("path", path);
+        if (path != null) {
+            sc.setParameters("path", path);
+        }
         sc.setParameters("datacenterId", datacenterId);
         sc.setParameters("podId", podId);
         sc.setParameters("uuid", uuid);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
index 06f271852c8..2246387a5e9 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -554,6 +554,15 @@ public class StorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements StorageManager, C
                     pool = _storagePoolDao.findPoolByHostPath(host.getDataCenterId(), host.getPodId(), pInfo.getHost(), "", pInfo.getUuid());
                 }
             }
+            if (pool == null) {
+                //the path can be different, but if they have the same uuid, assume they are the same storage
+                pool = _storagePoolDao.findPoolByHostPath(host.getDataCenterId(), host.getPodId(), pInfo.getHost(), null,
+                        pInfo.getUuid());
+                if (pool != null) {
+                    s_logger.debug("Found a storage pool: " + pInfo.getUuid() + ", but with different hostpath " + pInfo.getHostPath() + ", still treat it as the same pool");
+                }
+            }
+
             DataStoreProvider provider = dataStoreProviderMgr.getDefaultPrimaryDataStoreProvider();
             DataStoreLifeCycle lifeCycle = provider.getDataStoreLifeCycle();
             if (pool == null) {