diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index b451620fe95..95d658f70c2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -6127,11 +6127,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, Vir
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unable to use template " + templateId);
         }
         if (TemplateType.VNF.equals(template.getTemplateType())) {
-            if (template.isDeployAsIs()) {
-                vnfTemplateManager.validateVnfApplianceNetworksMap(template, cmd.getVmNetworkMap());
-            } else {
-                vnfTemplateManager.validateVnfApplianceNics(template, cmd.getNetworkIds());
-            }
+            vnfTemplateManager.validateVnfApplianceNics(template, cmd.getNetworkIds(), cmd.getVmNetworkMap());
         } else if (cmd instanceof DeployVnfApplianceCmd) {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Can't deploy VNF appliance from a non-VNF template");
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/template/VnfTemplateManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/template/VnfTemplateManagerImpl.java
index c7f11377fdf..0ebff237a44 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/template/VnfTemplateManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/template/VnfTemplateManagerImpl.java
@@ -201,13 +201,17 @@ public class VnfTemplateManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VnfTemplateMa
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void validateVnfApplianceNics(VirtualMachineTemplate template, List<Long> networkIds) {
+    public void validateVnfApplianceNics(VirtualMachineTemplate template, List<Long> networkIds, Map<Integer, Long> vmNetworkMap) {
+        if (template.isDeployAsIs()) {
+            if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(networkIds)) {
+                throw new InvalidParameterValueException("VNF nics mappings should be empty for deploy-as-is templates");
+            }
+            validateVnfApplianceNetworksMap(template, vmNetworkMap);
+            return;
+        }
         if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(networkIds)) {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("VNF nics list is empty");
         }
-        if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(networkIds) && template.isDeployAsIs()) {
-            throw new InvalidParameterValueException("VNF nics list should be empty for deploy-as-is templates");
-        }
         List<VnfTemplateNicVO> vnfNics = vnfTemplateNicDao.listByTemplateId(template.getId());
         for (VnfTemplateNicVO vnfNic : vnfNics) {
             if (vnfNic.isRequired() && networkIds.size() <= vnfNic.getDeviceId()) {
@@ -216,8 +220,7 @@ public class VnfTemplateManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VnfTemplateMa
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void validateVnfApplianceNetworksMap(VirtualMachineTemplate template, Map<Integer, Long> vmNetworkMap) {
+    private void validateVnfApplianceNetworksMap(VirtualMachineTemplate template, Map<Integer, Long> vmNetworkMap) {
         if (MapUtils.isEmpty(vmNetworkMap)) {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("VNF networks map is empty");
         }