diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServer56FP1Resource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServer56FP1Resource.java
index b22910aec11..214dbd4059a 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServer56FP1Resource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServer56FP1Resource.java
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ public class XenServer56FP1Resource extends XenServer56Resource {
         VM template = templates.iterator().next();
 
         VM.Record vmr = template.getRecord(conn);
-        vmr.platform.remove("device_id");
         vmr.affinity = host;
         vmr.otherConfig.remove("disks");
         vmr.otherConfig.remove("default_template");