diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
index 3b339ab6af6..3b91f824e68 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
@@ -3031,7 +3031,7 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
                 throw new Exception(msg);
             }
             mgr.prepareSecondaryStorageStore(secStoreUrl);
-            ManagedObjectReference morSecDs = prepareSecondaryDatastoreOnHost(secStoreUrl);
+            ManagedObjectReference morSecDs = prepareSecondaryDatastoreOnSpecificHost(secStoreUrl, tgtHyperHost);
             if (morSecDs == null) {
                 String msg = "Failed to prepare secondary storage on host, secondary store url: " + secStoreUrl;
                 throw new Exception(msg);
@@ -3384,6 +3384,18 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
         return morDatastore;
     }
 
+    public synchronized ManagedObjectReference prepareSecondaryDatastoreOnSpecificHost(String storeUrl, VmwareHypervisorHost hyperHost) throws Exception {
+        String storeName = getSecondaryDatastoreUUID(storeUrl);
+        URI uri = new URI(storeUrl);
+
+        ManagedObjectReference morDatastore = hyperHost.mountDatastore(false, uri.getHost(), 0, uri.getPath(), storeName.replace("-", ""));
+
+        if (morDatastore == null)
+            throw new Exception("Unable to mount secondary storage on host. storeUrl: " + storeUrl);
+
+        return morDatastore;
+    }
+
     private static String getSecondaryDatastoreUUID(String storeUrl) {
         return UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(storeUrl.getBytes()).toString();
     }