diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/BaseCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/BaseCmd.java
index af72c02ee14..80f0dd1aa0c 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/BaseCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/BaseCmd.java
@@ -549,5 +549,8 @@ public abstract class BaseCmd {
 	    		(accountType == Account.ACCOUNT_TYPE_RESOURCE_DOMAIN_ADMIN) ||
 	            (accountType == Account.ACCOUNT_TYPE_DOMAIN_ADMIN) ||
 	            (accountType == Account.ACCOUNT_TYPE_READ_ONLY_ADMIN));
-	}
+	}
+    public static boolean isRootAdmin(short accountType) {
+        return ((accountType == Account.ACCOUNT_TYPE_ADMIN));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/acl/DomainChecker.java b/server/src/com/cloud/acl/DomainChecker.java
index b0978fdf76b..058321aae47 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/acl/DomainChecker.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/acl/DomainChecker.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class DomainChecker extends AdapterBase implements SecurityChecker {
             // validate that the template is usable by the account
             if (!template.isPublicTemplate()) {
                 Account owner = _accountDao.findById(template.getAccountId());
-                if (BaseCmd.isAdmin(caller.getType()) || (owner.getId() == caller.getId())) {
+                if (BaseCmd.isRootAdmin(caller.getType()) || (owner.getId() == caller.getId())) {
                     return true;
                 }