diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/default/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl.java b/plugins/storage/volume/default/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
index 3c1b76a62d3..65236d96299 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/default/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/default/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ public class CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreLifeCycleImpl implements PrimaryDataStore
                 if (clusterId == null) {
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException("IscsiLUN need to have clusters specified");
                 }
-                hostPath = hostPath.replaceFirst("/", "");
                 parameters.setType(StoragePoolType.IscsiLUN);
                 parameters.setHost(storageHost);
                 parameters.setPort(port);