diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LinstorStorageAdaptor.java b/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LinstorStorageAdaptor.java
index 87746447188d..cdc61ec3e6fb 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LinstorStorageAdaptor.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LinstorStorageAdaptor.java
@@ -259,6 +259,28 @@ public KVMPhysicalDisk createPhysicalDisk(String name, KVMStoragePool pool, Qemu
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if the given resource is in use by drbd on any host and
+     * if so set the drbd option allow-two-primaries
+     * @param api linstor api object
+     * @param rscName resource name to set allow-two-primaries if in use
+     * @throws ApiException if any problem connecting to the Linstor controller
+     */
+    private void allow2PrimariesIfInUse(DevelopersApi api, String rscName) throws ApiException {
+        if (LinstorUtil.isResourceInUse(api, rscName)) {
+            // allow 2 primaries for live migration, should be removed by disconnect on the other end
+            ResourceDefinitionModify rdm = new ResourceDefinitionModify();
+            Properties props = new Properties();
+            props.put("DrbdOptions/Net/allow-two-primaries", "yes");
+            rdm.setOverrideProps(props);
+            ApiCallRcList answers = api.resourceDefinitionModify(rscName, rdm);
+            if (answers.hasError()) {
+                s_logger.error("Unable to set 'allow-two-primaries' on " + rscName);
+                // do not fail here as adding allow-two-primaries property is only a problem while live migrating
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean connectPhysicalDisk(String volumePath, KVMStoragePool pool, Map<String, String> details)
     {
@@ -285,16 +307,7 @@ public boolean connectPhysicalDisk(String volumePath, KVMStoragePool pool, Map<S
 
         try
         {
-            // allow 2 primaries for live migration, should be removed by disconnect on the other end
-            ResourceDefinitionModify rdm = new ResourceDefinitionModify();
-            Properties props = new Properties();
-            props.put("DrbdOptions/Net/allow-two-primaries", "yes");
-            rdm.setOverrideProps(props);
-            ApiCallRcList answers = api.resourceDefinitionModify(rscName, rdm);
-            if (answers.hasError()) {
-                s_logger.error("Unable to set 'allow-two-primaries' on " + rscName);
-                // do not fail here as adding allow-two-primaries property is only a problem while live migrating
-            }
+            allow2PrimariesIfInUse(api, rscName);
         } catch (ApiException apiEx) {
             s_logger.error(apiEx);
             // do not fail here as adding allow-two-primaries property is only a problem while live migrating
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/util/LinstorUtil.java b/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/util/LinstorUtil.java
index cc85c9834eb3..6bdc1b3c1c8f 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/util/LinstorUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/linstor/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/util/LinstorUtil.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.linbit.linstor.api.model.ApiCallRc;
 import com.linbit.linstor.api.model.ApiCallRcList;
 import com.linbit.linstor.api.model.ProviderKind;
+import com.linbit.linstor.api.model.Resource;
 import com.linbit.linstor.api.model.ResourceGroup;
 import com.linbit.linstor.api.model.StoragePool;
 
@@ -90,4 +91,17 @@ public static long getCapacityBytes(String linstorUrl, String rscGroupName) {
             throw new CloudRuntimeException(apiEx);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if any resource of the given name is InUse on any host.
+     *
+     * @param api developer api object to use
+     * @param rscName resource name to check in use state.
+     * @return True if a resource found that is in use(primary) state, else false.
+     * @throws ApiException forwards api errors
+     */
+    public static boolean isResourceInUse(DevelopersApi api, String rscName) throws ApiException {
+        List<Resource> rscs = api.resourceList(rscName, null, null);
+        return rscs.stream().anyMatch(rsc -> rsc.getState() != null ? rsc.getState().isInUse() : false);
+    }
 }