diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 1d355d58f3d..39145006411 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -2629,7 +2629,8 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
         if (VirtualMachine.Type.User.equals(vmTO.getType())) {
             cmd.setFeatures(_cpuFeatures);
         }
-        setCpuTopology(cmd, vcpus, vmTO.getDetails());
+        int vCpusInDef = vmTO.getVcpuMaxLimit() == null ? vcpus : vmTO.getVcpuMaxLimit();
+        setCpuTopology(cmd, vCpusInDef, vmTO.getDetails());
         return cmd;
     }
 
@@ -4749,7 +4750,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
         return false;
     }
 
-    private void setCpuTopology(CpuModeDef cmd, int vcpus, Map<String, String> details) {
+    private void setCpuTopology(CpuModeDef cmd, int vCpusInDef, Map<String, String> details) {
         if (!enableManuallySettingCpuTopologyOnKvmVm) {
             s_logger.debug(String.format("Skipping manually setting CPU topology on VM's XML due to it is disabled in agent.properties {\"property\": \"%s\", \"value\": %s}.",
               AgentProperties.ENABLE_MANUALLY_SETTING_CPU_TOPOLOGY_ON_KVM_VM.getName(), enableManuallySettingCpuTopologyOnKvmVm));
@@ -4760,19 +4761,19 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
         if (details != null) {
             final String coresPerSocket = details.get(VmDetailConstants.CPU_CORE_PER_SOCKET);
             final int intCoresPerSocket = NumbersUtil.parseInt(coresPerSocket, numCoresPerSocket);
-            if (intCoresPerSocket > 0 && vcpus % intCoresPerSocket == 0) {
+            if (intCoresPerSocket > 0 && vCpusInDef % intCoresPerSocket == 0) {
                 numCoresPerSocket = intCoresPerSocket;
             }
         }
         if (numCoresPerSocket <= 0) {
-            if (vcpus % 6 == 0) {
+            if (vCpusInDef % 6 == 0) {
                 numCoresPerSocket = 6;
-            } else if (vcpus % 4 == 0) {
+            } else if (vCpusInDef % 4 == 0) {
                 numCoresPerSocket = 4;
             }
         }
         if (numCoresPerSocket > 0) {
-            cmd.setTopology(numCoresPerSocket, vcpus / numCoresPerSocket);
+            cmd.setTopology(numCoresPerSocket, vCpusInDef / numCoresPerSocket);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_templates.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_templates.py
index b967ebdc809..00ad2201b44 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_templates.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_templates.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class TestCreateTemplateWithChecksum(cloudstackTestCase):
         if "vmware" in self.hypervisor.lower():
             self.test_template = registerTemplate.registerTemplateCmd()
             self.test_template = registerTemplate.registerTemplateCmd()
-            self.test_template.checksum = "{SHA-1}" + "3c00872599c6e1e46a358aac51080db88266cf5c"
+            self.test_template.checksum = "{SHA-1}" + "8b82224fd3c6429b6914f32d8339e650770c7526"
             self.test_template.hypervisor = self.hypervisor
             self.test_template.zoneid = self.zone.id
             self.test_template.name = 'test sha-2333'
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ class TestCreateTemplateWithChecksum(cloudstackTestCase):
             self.test_template.url = "http://dl.openvm.eu/cloudstack/macchinina/x86_64/macchinina-vmware.ova"
             self.test_template.format = "OVA"
             self.test_template.ostypeid = self.getOsType("Other Linux (64-bit)")
-            self.md5 = "27f3c56a8c7ec7b2f3ff2199f7078006"
-            self.sha256 = "a7b04c1eb507f3f5de844bda352df1ea5e20335b465409493ca6ae07dfd0a158"
+            self.md5 = "b4e8bff3882b23175974e692533b4381"
+            self.sha256 = "e1dffca3c3ab545a753cb42d838a341624cf25841d1bcf3d1e45556c9fce7cf3"
 
         if "xen" in self.hypervisor.lower():
             self.test_template = registerTemplate.registerTemplateCmd()