diff --git a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
index d2538563..a2d033eb 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ my $create_disks = sub {
 	    $res->{$ds} = PVE::QemuServer::print_drive($vmid, $disk);
 	} else {
 
-	    my $path = $rpcenv->check_volume_access($authuser, $storecfg, $vmid, $volid);
+	    $rpcenv->check_volume_access($authuser, $storecfg, $vmid, $volid);
 
 	    my $volid_is_new = 1;
 
@@ -372,13 +372,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
 		die "pipe requires cli environment\n"
 		    if $rpcenv->{type} ne 'cli';
 	    } else {
-		my $path = $rpcenv->check_volume_access($authuser, $storecfg, $vmid, $archive);
-
-		PVE::Storage::activate_volumes($storecfg, [ $archive ])
-		    if PVE::Storage::parse_volume_id ($archive, 1);
-
-		die "can't find archive file '$archive'\n" if !($path && -f $path);
-		$archive = $path;
+		$rpcenv->check_volume_access($authuser, $storecfg, $vmid, $archive);
+		$archive = PVE::Storage::abs_filesystem_path($storecfg, $archive);
 	    }
 	}