diff --git a/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/HypervisorHostHelper.java b/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/HypervisorHostHelper.java
index e17b3051391..2a8474b77fd 100755
--- a/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/HypervisorHostHelper.java
+++ b/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/HypervisorHostHelper.java
@@ -1350,7 +1350,8 @@ public class HypervisorHostHelper {
             VirtualMachineConfigSpec vmConfigSpec = new VirtualMachineConfigSpec();
             VirtualDeviceConfigSpec deviceConfigSpec = new VirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
 
-            VirtualDevice device = VmwareHelper.prepareDiskDevice(workerVmMo, null, -1, disks, morDs, -1, 1);
+            VirtualDisk device = VmwareHelper.prepareDiskDevice(workerVmMo, null, -1, disks, morDs, -1, 1);
+            device.setCapacityInKB(size);
 
             deviceConfigSpec.setDevice(device);
             deviceConfigSpec.setOperation(VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.ADD);