diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/UpdateLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/UpdateLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
index fe675bd5a1e..35036f78a4e 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/UpdateLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/UpdateLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ public class UpdateLoadBalancerRuleCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
     @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.NAME, type=CommandType.STRING, description="the name of the load balancer rule")
     private String loadBalancerName;
 
-//    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.PRIVATE_PORT, type=CommandType.STRING, description="the private port of the private ip address/virtual machine where the network traffic will be load balanced to")
-//    private String privatePort;
-
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -74,10 +71,6 @@ public class UpdateLoadBalancerRuleCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
         return loadBalancerName;
     }
 
-//    public String getPrivatePort() {
-//        return privatePort;
-//    }
-
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////// API Implementation///////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl.java
index fa7fbe59585..c8f725909d0 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/lb/LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl.java
@@ -1143,16 +1143,14 @@ public class LoadBalancingRulesManagerImpl implements LoadBalancingRulesManager,
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (account != null) {
-            long lbAcctId = loadBalancer.getAccountId();
-            if (account.getType() == Account.ACCOUNT_TYPE_DOMAIN_ADMIN) {
-                Account userAccount = _accountDao.findById(lbAcctId);
-                if (!_domainDao.isChildDomain(account.getDomainId(), userAccount.getDomainId())) {
-                    throw new PermissionDeniedException("Invalid load balancer rule id (" + loadBalancerId + ") given, unable to list load balancer instances.");
-                }
-            } else if (account.getId() != lbAcctId) {
-                throw new PermissionDeniedException("Unable to list load balancer instances, account " + account.getAccountName() + " does not own load balancer rule " + loadBalancer.getName());
+        long lbAcctId = loadBalancer.getAccountId();
+        if (account.getType() == Account.ACCOUNT_TYPE_DOMAIN_ADMIN) {
+            Account userAccount = _accountDao.findById(lbAcctId);
+            if (!_domainDao.isChildDomain(account.getDomainId(), userAccount.getDomainId())) {
+                throw new PermissionDeniedException("Invalid load balancer rule id (" + loadBalancerId + ") given, unable to list load balancer instances.");
             }
+        } else if (account.getType() == Account.ACCOUNT_TYPE_NORMAL && account.getId() != lbAcctId) {
+            throw new PermissionDeniedException("Unable to list load balancer instances, account " + account.getAccountName() + " does not own load balancer rule " + loadBalancer.getName());
         }
 
         List<UserVmVO> loadBalancerInstances = new ArrayList<UserVmVO>();