diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
index 3807517325b..b9829402ffe 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -577,7 +577,6 @@ public class StorageManagerImpl implements StorageManager, StorageService, Manag
         return new Pair<VolumeVO, String>(createdVolume, details);
     }
 
-    @DB
     protected VolumeVO createVolumeFromSnapshot(VolumeVO volume, long snapshotId) {
 
         // By default, assume failure.
@@ -589,22 +588,6 @@ public class StorageManagerImpl implements StorageManager, StorageService, Manag
         Pair<VolumeVO, String> volumeDetails = createVolumeFromSnapshot(volume, snapshot);
         createdVolume = volumeDetails.first();
 
-        Long diskOfferingId = volume.getDiskOfferingId();
-
-        if (createdVolume.getPath() != null) {
-            Long offeringId = null;
-            if (diskOfferingId != null) {
-                DiskOfferingVO offering = _diskOfferingDao.findById(diskOfferingId);
-                if (offering != null && (offering.getType() == DiskOfferingVO.Type.Disk)) {
-                    offeringId = offering.getId();
-                }
-            }
-
-            UsageEventVO usageEvent = new UsageEventVO(EventTypes.EVENT_VOLUME_CREATE, volume.getAccountId(), volume.getDataCenterId(), volume.getId(), volume.getName(), offeringId, null,
-                    createdVolume.getSize());
-            _usageEventDao.persist(usageEvent);
-        }
-        txn.commit();
         return createdVolume;
     }