diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/motion/XenServerStorageMotionStrategy.java b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/motion/XenServerStorageMotionStrategy.java
index 353f2b58d08..42cb68d1213 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/motion/XenServerStorageMotionStrategy.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/motion/XenServerStorageMotionStrategy.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 package org.apache.cloudstack.storage.motion;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import com.cloud.agent.api.to.VolumeTO;
 import com.cloud.exception.AgentUnavailableException;
 import com.cloud.exception.OperationTimedoutException;
 import com.cloud.host.Host;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor.HypervisorType;
 import com.cloud.storage.StoragePool;
 import com.cloud.storage.VolumeVO;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.VolumeDao;
@@ -73,7 +74,12 @@ public class XenServerStorageMotionStrategy implements DataMotionStrategy {
 
     @Override
     public boolean canHandle(Map<VolumeInfo, DataStore> volumeMap, Host srcHost, Host destHost) {
-        return true;
+        boolean canHandle = false;
+        if (srcHost.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.XenServer &&
+                destHost.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.XenServer) {
+            canHandle = true;
+        }
+        return canHandle;
     }
 
     @Override