diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/VolumeOrchestrator.java b/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/VolumeOrchestrator.java
index b6fecfb6e07..358b3bd35bd 100644
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/VolumeOrchestrator.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/VolumeOrchestrator.java
@@ -746,7 +746,9 @@ public class VolumeOrchestrator extends ManagerBase implements VolumeOrchestrati
             throw new CloudRuntimeException("Volume shouldn't be null " + volume.getId());
         }
         VolumeVO volVO = _volsDao.findById(vol.getId());
-        volVO.setFormat(getSupportedImageFormatForCluster(rootDiskHyperType));
+        if (volVO.getFormat() == null) {
+            volVO.setFormat(getSupportedImageFormatForCluster(rootDiskHyperType));
+        }
         _volsDao.update(volVO.getId(), volVO);
         return volFactory.getVolume(volVO.getId());
     }