diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 1f90a6257557..3fc09fcc543a 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -1188,20 +1188,16 @@ public boolean configure(final String name, final Map<String, Object> params) th
             LOGGER.warn("Configured VDDK library dir [{}] is invalid (missing lib64/libvixDiskLib.so), attempting auto-detection", vddkLibDir);
             vddkLibDir = null;
         }
-        if (StringUtils.isBlank(vddkLibDir)) {
-            vddkLibDir = detectVddkLibDir();
-        }
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(vddkLibDir)) {
             LOGGER.info("Detected VDDK library dir: {}", vddkLibDir);
+            vddkVersion = detectVddkVersion();
+            if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(vddkVersion)) {
+                LOGGER.info("Detected nbdkit VDDK plugin version: {}", vddkVersion);
+            }
         } else {
             LOGGER.warn("Could not detect a valid VDDK library dir; VDDK conversion will be unavailable");
         }
 
-        vddkVersion = detectVddkVersion();
-        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(vddkVersion)) {
-            LOGGER.info("Detected nbdkit VDDK plugin version: {}", vddkVersion);
-        }
-
         vddkTransports = StringUtils.trimToNull(
                 AgentPropertiesFileHandler.getPropertyValue(AgentProperties.VDDK_TRANSPORTS));
         vddkThumbprint = StringUtils.trimToNull(