diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/default/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl.java b/plugins/storage/volume/default/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
index 2991574d021..b8b08598f69 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/default/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/default/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public class CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl implements
         String hostPath = uri.getPath();
         Object localStorage = dsInfos.get("localStorage");
         if (localStorage != null) {
-            hostPath = hostPath.replace("/", "");
+            hostPath = hostPath.replaceFirst("/", "");
         }
         String userInfo = uri.getUserInfo();
         int port = uri.getPort();