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 7fcf88584693..5895f6069b56 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 +1338,12 @@ public VM createVmFromTemplate(final Connection conn, final VirtualMachineTO vmS
                 vmr.VCPUsMax = (long)vmSpec.getCpus();
             } else {
                 if (vmSpec.getVcpuMaxLimit() != null) {
-                    vmr.VCPUsMax = (long)vmSpec.getVcpuMaxLimit();
+                    long vcpuMaxLimit = (long) vmSpec.getVcpuMaxLimit();
+                    if (vcpuMaxLimit <= _host.getCpus()) {
+                        vmr.VCPUsMax = vcpuMaxLimit;
+                    } else {
+                        vmr.VCPUsMax = (long) _host.getCpus();
+                    }
                 }
             }
         } else {