diff --git a/engine/storage/volume/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/volume/VolumeServiceImpl.java b/engine/storage/volume/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/volume/VolumeServiceImpl.java
index 88f098c642e..1dd2a86aaa3 100644
--- a/engine/storage/volume/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/volume/VolumeServiceImpl.java
+++ b/engine/storage/volume/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/volume/VolumeServiceImpl.java
@@ -1383,7 +1383,8 @@ public class VolumeServiceImpl implements VolumeService {
                         return;
                     }
 
-                    List<VolumeDataStoreVO> dbVolumes = _volumeStoreDao.listUploadedVolumesByStoreId(storeId);
+                    // find all the db volumes including those with NULL url column to avoid accidentally deleting volumes on image store later.
+                    List<VolumeDataStoreVO> dbVolumes = _volumeStoreDao.listByStoreId(storeId);
                     List<VolumeDataStoreVO> toBeDownloaded = new ArrayList<VolumeDataStoreVO>(dbVolumes);
                     for (VolumeDataStoreVO volumeStore : dbVolumes) {
                         VolumeVO volume = volDao.findById(volumeStore.getVolumeId());