diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
index 7e9c9d39c2b1..5534b749348f 100755
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
@@ -2319,12 +2319,12 @@ public ServiceOffering createServiceOffering(final CreateServiceOfferingCmd cmd)
                 throw new InvalidParameterValueException("For creating a custom compute offering cpu and memory all should be null");
             }
             // if any of them is null, then all of them shoull be null
-            if (maxCPU == null || minCPU == null || maxMemory == null || minMemory == null) {
-                if (maxCPU != null || minCPU != null || maxMemory != null || minMemory != null) {
-                    throw new InvalidParameterValueException("For creating a custom compute offering min/max cpu and min/max memory should all be specified");
+            if (maxCPU == null || minCPU == null || maxMemory == null || minMemory == null || cpuSpeed == null) {
+                if (maxCPU != null || minCPU != null || maxMemory != null || minMemory != null || cpuSpeed != null) {
+                    throw new InvalidParameterValueException("For creating a custom compute offering min/max cpu and min/max memory/cpu speed should all be null or all specified");
                 }
             } else {
-                if (cpuSpeed != null && (cpuSpeed.intValue() < 0 || cpuSpeed.longValue() > Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
+                if (cpuSpeed.intValue() < 0 || cpuSpeed.longValue() > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
                     throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Failed to create service offering " + offeringName + ": specify the cpu speed value between 1 and " + Integer.MAX_VALUE);
                 }
                 if ((maxCPU <= 0 || maxCPU.longValue() > Integer.MAX_VALUE) || (minCPU <= 0 || minCPU.longValue() > Integer.MAX_VALUE )  ) {
@@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ public ServiceOffering createServiceOffering(final CreateServiceOfferingCmd cmd)
             if (cpuNumber != null && (cpuNumber.intValue() <= 0 || cpuNumber.longValue() > Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
                 throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Failed to create service offering " + offeringName + ": specify the cpu number value between 1 and " + Integer.MAX_VALUE);
             }
-            if (cpuSpeed != null && (cpuSpeed.intValue() < 0 || cpuSpeed.longValue() > Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
+            if (cpuSpeed == null || (cpuSpeed.intValue() < 0 || cpuSpeed.longValue() > Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
                 throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Failed to create service offering " + offeringName + ": specify the cpu speed value between 0 and " + Integer.MAX_VALUE);
             }
             if (memory != null && (memory.intValue() < 32 || memory.longValue() > Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {