diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtCheckVMActivityOnStoragePoolCommandWrapper.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtCheckVMActivityOnStoragePoolCommandWrapper.java
index 84978690ad77..9f5f35154069 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtCheckVMActivityOnStoragePoolCommandWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtCheckVMActivityOnStoragePoolCommandWrapper.java
@@ -47,28 +47,15 @@ public Answer execute(final CheckVMActivityOnStoragePoolCommand command, final L
         final StorageFilerTO pool = command.getPool();
         final KVMStoragePoolManager storagePoolMgr = libvirtComputingResource.getStoragePoolMgr();
 
+        HAStoragePool haStoragePool = getMonitoredStoragePool(monitor, pool);
+        if (haStoragePool == null) {
+            executors.shutdownNow();
+            return new Answer(command, false, "Unsupported Storage or HA pool not found");
+        }
+
         KVMStoragePool primaryPool = storagePoolMgr.getStoragePool(pool.getType(), pool.getUuid());
         if (primaryPool.isPoolSupportHA()){
-            HAStoragePool haStoragePool = null;
-            String vmActivityCheckPath = "";
-            if (Storage.StoragePoolType.NetworkFilesystem == pool.getType()) {
-                haStoragePool = monitor.getStoragePool(pool.getUuid());
-                vmActivityCheckPath = libvirtComputingResource.getVmActivityCheckPath();
-            } else if (Storage.StoragePoolType.SharedMountPoint == pool.getType()) {
-                haStoragePool = monitor.getGfsStoragePool(pool.getUuid());
-                vmActivityCheckPath = libvirtComputingResource.getVmActivityCheckPathGfs();
-            } else if (Storage.StoragePoolType.RBD == pool.getType()) {
-                haStoragePool = monitor.getRbdStoragePool(pool.getUuid());
-                vmActivityCheckPath = libvirtComputingResource.getVmActivityCheckPathRbd();
-            } else if (Storage.StoragePoolType.CLVM == pool.getType()) {
-                haStoragePool = monitor.getClvmStoragePool(pool.getUuid());
-                vmActivityCheckPath = libvirtComputingResource.getVmActivityCheckPathClvm();
-            }
-
-            if (haStoragePool == null) {
-                executors.shutdownNow();
-                return new Answer(command, false, "Unsupported Storage or HA pool not found");
-            }
+            String vmActivityCheckPath = getVmActivityCheckPath(libvirtComputingResource, pool);
 
             final KVMHAVMActivityChecker ha = new KVMHAVMActivityChecker(haStoragePool, command.getHost(), command.getVolumeList(), vmActivityCheckPath, command.getSuspectTimeInSeconds());
             final Future<Boolean> future = executors.submit(ha);
@@ -91,4 +78,30 @@ public Answer execute(final CheckVMActivityOnStoragePoolCommand command, final L
         executors.shutdownNow();
         return new Answer(command, false, "Unsupported Storage");
     }
+
+    protected HAStoragePool getMonitoredStoragePool(final KVMHAMonitor monitor, final StorageFilerTO pool) {
+        if (Storage.StoragePoolType.NetworkFilesystem == pool.getType()) {
+            return monitor.getStoragePool(pool.getUuid());
+        } else if (Storage.StoragePoolType.SharedMountPoint == pool.getType()) {
+            return monitor.getGfsStoragePool(pool.getUuid());
+        } else if (Storage.StoragePoolType.RBD == pool.getType()) {
+            return monitor.getRbdStoragePool(pool.getUuid());
+        } else if (Storage.StoragePoolType.CLVM == pool.getType()) {
+            return monitor.getClvmStoragePool(pool.getUuid());
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    protected String getVmActivityCheckPath(final LibvirtComputingResource libvirtComputingResource, final StorageFilerTO pool) {
+        if (Storage.StoragePoolType.NetworkFilesystem == pool.getType()) {
+            return libvirtComputingResource.getVmActivityCheckPath();
+        } else if (Storage.StoragePoolType.SharedMountPoint == pool.getType()) {
+            return libvirtComputingResource.getVmActivityCheckPathGfs();
+        } else if (Storage.StoragePoolType.RBD == pool.getType()) {
+            return libvirtComputingResource.getVmActivityCheckPathRbd();
+        } else if (Storage.StoragePoolType.CLVM == pool.getType()) {
+            return libvirtComputingResource.getVmActivityCheckPathClvm();
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/kvm/ha/KVMHostActivityChecker.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/kvm/ha/KVMHostActivityChecker.java
index 902826123096..bdfc87e488d1 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/kvm/ha/KVMHostActivityChecker.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/kvm/ha/KVMHostActivityChecker.java
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ private boolean isVMActivityOnHost(Host agent, DateTime suspectTime) throws HACh
         boolean activityStatus = true;
         HashMap<StoragePool, List<Volume>> poolVolMap = getVolumeUuidOnHost(agent);
         for (StoragePool pool : poolVolMap.keySet()) {
+            if (!isStoragePoolHeartbeatEnabled(pool)) {
+                logger.debug("Skipping VM activity check for {} on storage pool [{}] because KVM HA storage heartbeat is not enabled for the pool.", agent, pool);
+                continue;
+            }
             activityStatus = verifyActivityOfStorageOnHost(poolVolMap, pool, agent, suspectTime, activityStatus);
             if (!activityStatus) {
                 logger.warn("It seems that the storage pool [{}] does not have activity on {}.", pool, agent);
@@ -199,6 +203,13 @@ private boolean isVMActivityOnHost(Host agent, DateTime suspectTime) throws HACh
         return activityStatus;
     }
 
+    protected boolean isStoragePoolHeartbeatEnabled(StoragePool pool) {
+        if (pool == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return Boolean.TRUE.equals(HighAvailabilityManager.KvmHACheckOnStorage.valueIn(pool.getId()));
+    }
+
     protected boolean verifyActivityOfStorageOnHost(HashMap<StoragePool, List<Volume>> poolVolMap, StoragePool pool, Host agent, DateTime suspectTime, boolean activityStatus) throws HACheckerException, IllegalStateException {
         List<Volume> volume_list = poolVolMap.get(pool);
         final CheckVMActivityOnStoragePoolCommand cmd = new CheckVMActivityOnStoragePoolCommand(agent, pool, volume_list, suspectTime);