diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
index eed0963449e..8b8c83b14a7 100755
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
@@ -1201,7 +1201,11 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
                 // Use getPath() from VolumeVO to get a fresh copy of what's in the DB.
                 // Before doing this, in a certain situation, getPath() from VolumeObjectTO
                 // returned null instead of an actual path (because it was out of date with the DB).
-                volumeMgr.updateVolumeDiskChain(vol.getId(), volume.getPath(), vol.getChainInfo());
+                if(vol.getPath() != null) {
+                    volumeMgr.updateVolumeDiskChain(vol.getId(), vol.getPath(), vol.getChainInfo());
+                } else {
+                    volumeMgr.updateVolumeDiskChain(vol.getId(), volume.getPath(), vol.getChainInfo());
+                }
             }
         }
     }