diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java
index fd541cca80a4..171ce9bb93f9 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageProcessor.java
@@ -2822,7 +2822,10 @@ private ManagedObjectReference getVmfsDatastore(VmwareContext context, VmwareHyp
             throw new Exception("A relevant SCSI disk could not be located to use to create a datastore.");
         }
 
-        morDs = firstHostDatastoreSystemMO.createVmfsDatastore(datastoreName, hostScsiDisk);
+        morDs = firstHostDatastoreSystemMO.findDatastoreByName(datastoreName);
+        if (morDs == null) {
+            morDs = firstHostDatastoreSystemMO.createVmfsDatastore(datastoreName, hostScsiDisk);
+        }
 
         if (morDs != null) {
             waitForAllHostsToMountDatastore(lstHosts, new DatastoreMO(context, morDs));