diff --git a/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java b/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java
index 847bad3ff2a..98a6acfcf20 100755
--- a/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java
+++ b/engine/storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/allocator/AbstractStoragePoolAllocator.java
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ import com.cloud.dc.ClusterVO;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.ClusterDao;
 import com.cloud.deploy.DeploymentPlan;
 import com.cloud.deploy.DeploymentPlanner.ExcludeList;
-import com.cloud.storage.Storage.StoragePoolType;
 import com.cloud.storage.StorageManager;
 import com.cloud.storage.StoragePool;
 import com.cloud.storage.Volume;
-import com.cloud.storage.Volume.Type;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.DiskOfferingDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.VolumeDao;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
@@ -164,13 +162,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractStoragePoolAllocator extends AdapterBase implement
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (dskCh.getType().equals(Type.ROOT) && pool.getPoolType().equals(StoragePoolType.Iscsi)) {
-            if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                s_logger.debug("Disk needed for ROOT volume, but StoragePoolType is Iscsi, skipping this and trying other available pools");
-            }
-            return false;
-        }
-
         Long clusterId = pool.getClusterId();
         if (clusterId != null) {
             ClusterVO cluster = _clusterDao.findById(clusterId);