diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java
index 5b0a46b3c3f..a32bd5604a9 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.cloud.api.ApiResponseGsonHelper;
 import com.cloud.api.ApiServer;
 import com.cloud.serializer.Param;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
+import com.cloud.utils.HttpUtils;
 import com.cloud.utils.encoding.URLEncoder;
 import com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException;
 import com.cloud.utils.exception.ExceptionProxyObject;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class ApiResponseSerializer {
 
     public static String toSerializedString(ResponseObject result, String responseType) {
         s_logger.trace("===Serializing Response===");
-        if (BaseCmd.RESPONSE_TYPE_JSON.equalsIgnoreCase(responseType)) {
+        if (HttpUtils.RESPONSE_TYPE_JSON.equalsIgnoreCase(responseType)) {
             return toJSONSerializedString(result);
         } else {
             return toXMLSerializedString(result);