diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java
index 2013c75b163..5fc71d379d8 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@ public class VmwareStorageProcessor implements StorageProcessor {
             VirtualMachineMO vmMo = null;
             String volumeUuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString().replace("-", "");
 
-            String volumeDatastorePath = dsMo.getDatastorePath(volumeUuid + ".vmdk");
+            String volumeDatastorePath = VmwareStorageLayoutHelper.getDatastorePathBaseFolderFromVmdkFileName(dsMo, volumeUuid + ".vmdk");
             VolumeObjectTO newVol = new VolumeObjectTO();
 
             try {