diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageDiscoverer.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageDiscoverer.java
index 36ad1612ab0..30b0555c28c 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageDiscoverer.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageDiscoverer.java
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ public class SecondaryStorageDiscoverer extends DiscovererBase implements Discov
     
     protected Map<? extends ServerResource, Map<String, String>> createNfsSecondaryStorageResource(long dcId, Long podId, URI uri) {
         
+    	if (_useServiceVM) {
+    	    return createDummySecondaryStorageResource(dcId, podId, uri);
+    	}
         String mountStr = NfsUtils.uri2Mount(uri);
         
         Script script = new Script(true, "mount", _timeout, s_logger);
@@ -132,10 +135,6 @@ public class SecondaryStorageDiscoverer extends DiscovererBase implements Discov
         script.execute();
         
         file.delete();
-
-    	if (_useServiceVM) {
-    	    return createDummySecondaryStorageResource(dcId, podId, uri);
-    	}        
         
         Map<NfsSecondaryStorageResource, Map<String, String>> srs = new HashMap<NfsSecondaryStorageResource, Map<String, String>>();