diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/DummyResource.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/DummyResource.java
index ea23f96d741..c0167f63598 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/DummyResource.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/DummyResource.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import com.cloud.network.Networks.RouterPrivateIpStrategy;
 import com.cloud.resource.ServerResource;
 import com.cloud.storage.Storage;
 import com.cloud.storage.Storage.StoragePoolType;
+import com.cloud.utils.StringUtils;
 
 @Local(value = {ServerResource.class})
 public class DummyResource implements ServerResource {
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ public class DummyResource implements ServerResource {
         String hostIp = getConfiguredProperty("private.ip.address", "127.0.0.1");
         String localStoragePath = getConfiguredProperty("local.storage.path", "/mnt");
         String lh = hostIp + localStoragePath;
-        String uuid = UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(lh.getBytes()).toString();
+        String uuid = UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(lh.getBytes(StringUtils.getPreferredCharset())).toString();
 
         String capacity = getConfiguredProperty("local.storage.capacity", "1000000000");
         String available = getConfiguredProperty("local.storage.avail", "10000000");