diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/GetUploadParamsForTemplateCmd.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/GetUploadParamsForTemplateCmd.java
index 79f920fc212..d1dc46898c0 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/GetUploadParamsForTemplateCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/template/GetUploadParamsForTemplateCmd.java
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ public class GetUploadParamsForTemplateCmd extends AbstractGetUploadParamsCmd {
     }
 
     public Boolean isDynamicallyScalable() {
+        if (isDynamicallyScalable == null) {
+            return Boolean.FALSE;
+        }
         return isDynamicallyScalable;
     }