diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java
index fe568cd8965..6f3f2ef8651 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java
@@ -1705,6 +1705,12 @@ public class VmwareStorageProcessor implements StorageProcessor {
                 throw new Exception(msg);
             }
 
+            // strip off the extension since restoreVolumeFromSecStorage internally will append suffix there.
+            if (backedUpSnapshotUuid.endsWith(".ova")){
+                backedUpSnapshotUuid = backedUpSnapshotUuid.replace(".ova", "");
+            } else if (backedUpSnapshotUuid.endsWith(".ovf")){
+                backedUpSnapshotUuid = backedUpSnapshotUuid.replace(".ovf", "");
+            }            
             DatastoreMO primaryDsMo = new DatastoreMO(hyperHost.getContext(), morPrimaryDs);
             restoreVolumeFromSecStorage(hyperHost, primaryDsMo,
                     newVolumeName, secondaryStorageUrl, backupPath, backedUpSnapshotUuid);