diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/deploy/DeploymentPlanningManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/deploy/DeploymentPlanningManagerImpl.java
index f9546156ab1..c61e507276f 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/deploy/DeploymentPlanningManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/deploy/DeploymentPlanningManagerImpl.java
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ public class DeploymentPlanningManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Deploy
             if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 s_logger.debug("We need to allocate new storagepool for this volume");
             }
-            if (!isRootAdmin(plan.getReservationContext())) {
+            if (!isRootAdmin(vmProfile)) {
                 if (!isEnabledForAllocation(plan.getDataCenterId(), plan.getPodId(), plan.getClusterId())) {
                     if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                         s_logger.debug("Cannot allocate new storagepool for this volume in this cluster, allocation state is disabled");
@@ -1359,10 +1359,10 @@ public class DeploymentPlanningManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Deploy
         return true;
     }
 
-    private boolean isRootAdmin(ReservationContext reservationContext) {
-        if (reservationContext != null) {
-            if (reservationContext.getAccount() != null) {
-                return _accountMgr.isRootAdmin(reservationContext.getAccount().getId());
+    private boolean isRootAdmin(VirtualMachineProfile vmProfile) {
+        if (vmProfile != null) {
+            if (vmProfile.getOwner() != null) {
+                return _accountMgr.isRootAdmin(vmProfile.getOwner().getId());
             } else {
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/deploy/FirstFitPlanner.java b/server/src/com/cloud/deploy/FirstFitPlanner.java
index 6ffe31f99a2..cd093f32eca 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/deploy/FirstFitPlanner.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/deploy/FirstFitPlanner.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class FirstFitPlanner extends PlannerBase implements DeploymentClusterPla
                 }
                 podsWithCapacity.removeAll(avoid.getPodsToAvoid());
             }
-            if (!isRootAdmin(plan.getReservationContext())) {
+            if (!isRootAdmin(vmProfile)) {
                 List<Long> disabledPods = listDisabledPods(plan.getDataCenterId());
                 if (!disabledPods.isEmpty()) {
                     if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ public class FirstFitPlanner extends PlannerBase implements DeploymentClusterPla
                 prioritizedClusterIds.removeAll(avoid.getClustersToAvoid());
             }
 
-            if (!isRootAdmin(plan.getReservationContext())) {
+            if (!isRootAdmin(vmProfile)) {
                 List<Long> disabledClusters = new ArrayList<Long>();
                 if (isZone) {
                     disabledClusters = listDisabledClusters(plan.getDataCenterId(), null);
@@ -465,10 +465,10 @@ public class FirstFitPlanner extends PlannerBase implements DeploymentClusterPla
 
     }
 
-    private boolean isRootAdmin(ReservationContext reservationContext) {
-        if(reservationContext != null){
-            if(reservationContext.getAccount() != null){
-                return _accountMgr.isRootAdmin(reservationContext.getAccount().getId());
+    private boolean isRootAdmin(VirtualMachineProfile vmProfile) {
+        if (vmProfile != null) {
+            if (vmProfile.getOwner() != null) {
+                return _accountMgr.isRootAdmin(vmProfile.getOwner().getId());
             }else{
                 return false;
             }