diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
index dee66c41308..8e41ed118b2 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
@@ -2603,7 +2603,8 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
         try {
             s_logger.debug("Mapping spec disks information to cloned VM disks for VM " + vmInternalCSName);
             if (vmMo != null && ArrayUtils.isNotEmpty(specDisks)) {
-                List<VirtualDisk> vmDisks = vmMo.getVirtualDisks();
+                List<VirtualDisk> vmDisks = vmMo.getVirtualDisksOrderedByKey();
+
                 List<VirtualDisk> rootDisks = new ArrayList<>();
                 List<DiskTO> sortedRootDisksFromSpec = Arrays.asList(sortVolumesByDeviceId(specDisks))
                         .stream()
diff --git a/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java b/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java
index 0a1ad39c559..8db7ff9c963 100644
--- a/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java
+++ b/vmware-base/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VirtualMachineMO.java
@@ -2785,6 +2785,20 @@ public class VirtualMachineMO extends BaseMO {
         return virtualDisks;
     }
 
+    public List<VirtualDisk> getVirtualDisksOrderedByKey() throws Exception {
+        List<VirtualDisk> virtualDisks = getVirtualDisks();
+        Collections.sort(virtualDisks, new Comparator<VirtualDisk>() {
+            @Override
+            public int compare(VirtualDisk disk1, VirtualDisk disk2) {
+                Integer disk1Key = disk1.getKey();
+                Integer disk2Key = disk2.getKey();
+                return disk1Key.compareTo(disk2Key);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return virtualDisks;
+    }
+
     public List<String> detachAllDisksExcept(String vmdkBaseName, String deviceBusName) throws Exception {
         List<VirtualDevice> devices = _context.getVimClient().getDynamicProperty(_mor, "config.hardware.device");