diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 5def8ae2bc8..9163ffef275 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -2344,6 +2344,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, Manager
 
         // check if account/domain is with in resource limits to create a new vm
         _resourceLimitMgr.checkResourceLimit(owner, ResourceType.user_vm);
+        _resourceLimitMgr.checkResourceLimit(owner, ResourceType.volume);
 
         //verify security group ids
         if (securityGroupIdList != null) {