diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/xenserver/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java b/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/xenserver/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
index e996f45afd27..aef8e54f0289 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/xenserver/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/xenserver/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ public VM createVmFromTemplate(final Connection conn, final VirtualMachineTO vmS
                 vmr.VCPUsMax = (long)vmSpec.getCpus();
             } else {
                 if (vmSpec.getVcpuMaxLimit() != null) {
-                    vmr.VCPUsMax = Math.min(vcpuMaxLimit, _host.getCpus());
+                    vmr.VCPUsMax = Math.min(vmSpec.getVcpuMaxLimit(), _host.getCpus());
                 }
             }
         } else {