diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
index 9242052ae58..75847bde637 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
@@ -1501,8 +1501,9 @@ public class VolumeApiServiceImpl extends ManagerBase implements VolumeApiServic
 
         UserVmVO vm = _userVmDao.findById(vmId);
         VolumeVO exstingVolumeOfVm = null;
+        VMTemplateVO template = _templateDao.findById(vm.getTemplateId());
         List<VolumeVO> rootVolumesOfVm = _volsDao.findByInstanceAndType(vmId, Volume.Type.ROOT);
-        if (rootVolumesOfVm.size() > 1) {
+        if (rootVolumesOfVm.size() > 1 && template != null && !template.isDeployAsIs()) {
             throw new CloudRuntimeException("The VM " + vm.getHostName() + " has more than one ROOT volume and is in an invalid state.");
         } else {
             if (!rootVolumesOfVm.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 4f78645730f..e1b7d2cb7c2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -6730,13 +6730,14 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, Vir
             needRestart = true;
         }
 
+        VMTemplateVO currentTemplate = _templateDao.findById(vm.getTemplateId());
         List<VolumeVO> rootVols = _volsDao.findByInstanceAndType(vmId, Volume.Type.ROOT);
         if (rootVols.isEmpty()) {
             InvalidParameterValueException ex = new InvalidParameterValueException("Can not find root volume for VM " + vm.getUuid());
             ex.addProxyObject(vm.getUuid(), "vmId");
             throw ex;
         }
-        if (rootVols.size() > 1) {
+        if (rootVols.size() > 1 && currentTemplate != null && !currentTemplate.isDeployAsIs()) {
             InvalidParameterValueException ex = new InvalidParameterValueException("There are " + rootVols.size() + " root volumes for VM " + vm.getUuid());
             ex.addProxyObject(vm.getUuid(), "vmId");
             throw ex;