diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/VolumeOrchestrator.java b/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/VolumeOrchestrator.java
index 6a74912c7ce..0f9e1e4a954 100644
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/VolumeOrchestrator.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/orchestration/VolumeOrchestrator.java
@@ -567,8 +567,7 @@ public class VolumeOrchestrator extends ManagerBase implements VolumeOrchestrati
         vol = _volsDao.persist(vol);
 
         // Save usage event and update resource count for user vm volumes
-        if (vm instanceof UserVm) {
-
+        if (vm.getType() == VirtualMachine.Type.User) {
             UsageEventUtils.publishUsageEvent(EventTypes.EVENT_VOLUME_CREATE,
                 vol.getAccountId(),
                 vol.getDataCenterId(),
@@ -619,7 +618,7 @@ public class VolumeOrchestrator extends ManagerBase implements VolumeOrchestrati
         vol = _volsDao.persist(vol);
 
         // Create event and update resource count for volumes if vm is a user vm
-        if (vm instanceof UserVm) {
+        if (vm.getType() == VirtualMachine.Type.User) {
 
             Long offeringId = null;