diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops
index 9bab8942d57..053f3c86003 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import tempfile
 
 VHD_UTIL = '/usr/sbin/vhd-util'
 VHD_PREFIX = 'VHD-'
+CLOUD_DIR = '/var/run/cloud_mount'
 
 def echo(fn):
     def wrapped(*v, **k):
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ def create_secondary_storage_folder(session, args):
         try:
             # Mount the remote resource folder locally
             remote_mount_path = args["remoteMountPath"]
-            local_mount_path = os.path.join(SR.MOUNT_BASE, "mount" + str(int(random.random() * 1000000)))
+            local_mount_path = os.path.join(CLOUD_DIR, "mount" + str(int(random.random() * 1000000)))
             mount(remote_mount_path, local_mount_path)
 
             # Create the new folder
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ def delete_secondary_storage_folder(session, args):
         try:
             # Mount the remote resource folder locally
             remote_mount_path = args["remoteMountPath"]
-            local_mount_path = os.path.join(SR.MOUNT_BASE, "mount" + str(int(random.random() * 1000000)))
+            local_mount_path = os.path.join(CLOUD_DIR, "mount" + str(int(random.random() * 1000000)))
             mount(remote_mount_path, local_mount_path)
 
             # Delete the specified folder
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ def post_create_private_template(session, args):
         try:
             # Mount the remote templates folder locally
             remote_mount_path = args["remoteTemplateMountPath"]
-            local_mount_path = os.path.join(SR.MOUNT_BASE, "template" + str(int(random.random() * 10000)))
+            local_mount_path = os.path.join(CLOUD_DIR, "template" + str(int(random.random() * 10000)))
             mount(remote_mount_path, local_mount_path)
             util.SMlog("Mounted secondary storage template folder")
 
@@ -757,7 +758,7 @@ def mountTemplatesDir(secondaryStorageMountPath, templatePath):
     absoluteTemplateDir = os.path.dirname(absoluteTemplatePath)
 
     randomUUID = util.gen_uuid()
-    localTemplateDir = os.path.join(SR.MOUNT_BASE, randomUUID)
+    localTemplateDir = os.path.join(CLOUD_DIR, randomUUID)
     # create the temp dir
     makedirs(localTemplateDir)
     # mount
@@ -777,7 +778,7 @@ def mountSnapshotsDir(secondaryStorageMountPath, relativeDir, dcId, accountId, i
     snapshotsDir = os.path.join(secondaryStorageMountPath, relativeDir)
 
     # Mkdir local mount point dir, if it doesn't exist.
-    localMountPointPath = os.path.join(SR.MOUNT_BASE, dcId)
+    localMountPointPath = os.path.join(CLOUD_DIR, dcId)
     localMountPointPath = os.path.join(localMountPointPath, relativeDir)
 
     makedirs(localMountPointPath)
@@ -800,7 +801,7 @@ def mountSnapshotsDir(secondaryStorageMountPath, relativeDir, dcId, accountId, i
 @echo
 def unmountSnapshotsDir(session, args):
     dcId = args['dcId']
-    localMountPointPath = os.path.join(SR.MOUNT_BASE, dcId)
+    localMountPointPath = os.path.join(CLOUD_DIR, dcId)
     localMountPointPath = os.path.join(localMountPointPath, "snapshots")
     try:
         umount(localMountPointPath)
@@ -1221,7 +1222,7 @@ def createVolumeFromSnapshot(session, args):
     if templateDownloadFolder:
         # Copy all the vhds to the final destination templates dir
         # It is some random directory on the primary created for templates.
-        destDirParent = os.path.join(SR.MOUNT_BASE, "mount" + str(int(random.random() * 1000000)))
+        destDirParent = os.path.join(CLOUD_DIR, "mount" + str(int(random.random() * 1000000)))
         destDir = os.path.join(destDirParent, templateDownloadFolder)
         # create the this directory, if it isn't there
         makedirs(destDir)