diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
index 2caeaec3b79f..2cf55d17e258 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
@@ -2125,9 +2125,6 @@ protected void validateConditionsToReplaceDiskOfferingOfVolume(VolumeVO volume,
         if (newDiskOffering == null) {
             return;
         }
-        if (Volume.Type.ROOT.equals(volume.getVolumeType())) {
-            throw new InvalidParameterValueException(String.format("Cannot change the disk offering of a ROOT volume [id=%s].", volume.getUuid()));
-        }
         if ((destPool.isShared() && newDiskOffering.getUseLocalStorage()) || destPool.isLocal() && newDiskOffering.isShared()) {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("You cannot move the volume to a shared storage and assing a disk offering for local storage and vice versa.");
         }
@@ -2142,7 +2139,7 @@ protected void validateConditionsToReplaceDiskOfferingOfVolume(VolumeVO volume,
                     "You are migrating a volume [id=%s] and changing the disk offering[from id=%s to id=%s] to reflect this migration. However, the sizes of the volume and the new disk offering are different.",
                     volume.getUuid(), oldDiskOffering.getUuid(), newDiskOffering.getUuid()));
         }
-
+        s_logger.info(String.format("Changing disk offering to [uuid=%s] while migrating volume [uuid=%s, name=%s].", newDiskOffering.getUuid(), volume.getUuid(), volume.getName()));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImplTest.java b/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImplTest.java
index 28937ec1b3f3..55dda5331938 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImplTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImplTest.java
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ public void validateConditionsToReplaceDiskOfferingOfVolumeTestNoNewDiskOffering
         Mockito.verify(volumeVOMock, times(0)).getVolumeType();
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = InvalidParameterValueException.class)
+    @Test
     public void validateConditionsToReplaceDiskOfferingOfVolumeTestRootVolume() {
         Mockito.when(volumeVOMock.getVolumeType()).thenReturn(Type.ROOT);
 
@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@ public void validateConditionsToReplaceDiskOfferingOfVolumeTestEverythingWorking
         volumeApiServiceImpl.validateConditionsToReplaceDiskOfferingOfVolume(volumeVOMock, newDiskOfferingMock, storagePoolMock);
 
         InOrder inOrder = Mockito.inOrder(volumeVOMock, newDiskOfferingMock, storagePoolMock, volumeApiServiceImpl);
-        inOrder.verify(volumeVOMock).getVolumeType();
         inOrder.verify(storagePoolMock).isShared();
         inOrder.verify(newDiskOfferingMock).getUseLocalStorage();
         inOrder.verify(storagePoolMock).isLocal();