diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/driver/LinstorPrimaryDataStoreDriverImpl.java b/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/driver/LinstorPrimaryDataStoreDriverImpl.java
index d2d13eafc483..eaf0aff1ba95 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/driver/LinstorPrimaryDataStoreDriverImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/driver/LinstorPrimaryDataStoreDriverImpl.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import com.cloud.host.Host;
 import com.cloud.storage.ResizeVolumePayload;
 import com.cloud.storage.SnapshotVO;
+import com.cloud.storage.Storage;
 import com.cloud.storage.StorageManager;
 import com.cloud.storage.StoragePool;
 import com.cloud.storage.VMTemplateStoragePoolVO;
@@ -618,6 +619,7 @@ public void createAsync(DataStore dataStore, DataObject vol, AsyncCompletionCall
                     volume.setPoolId(storagePool.getId());
                     volume.setUuid(vol.getUuid());
                     volume.setPath(vol.getUuid());
+                    volume.setFormat(Storage.ImageFormat.RAW);
 
                     _volumeDao.update(volume.getId(), volume);
                     break;