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 a3bee2f4134c..b7722b327147 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
@@ -2585,7 +2585,7 @@ protected DevicesDef createDevicesDef(VirtualMachineTO vmTO, GuestDef guest, int
             Map<String, String> details = vmTO.getDetails();
 
             boolean isIothreadsEnabled = details != null && details.containsKey(VmDetailConstants.IOTHREADS);
-            devices.addDevice(createSCSIDef(vcpus, isIothreadsEnabled));
+            addSCSIControllers(devices, vcpus, vmTO.getDisks().length, isIothreadsEnabled);
         }
         return devices;
     }
@@ -2623,8 +2623,19 @@ protected ChannelDef createChannelDef(VirtualMachineTO vmTO) {
      * Creates Virtio SCSI controller. <br>
      * The respective Virtio SCSI XML definition is generated only if the VM's Disk Bus is of ISCSI.
      */
-    protected SCSIDef createSCSIDef(int vcpus, boolean isIothreadsEnabled) {
-        return new SCSIDef((short)0, 0, 0, 9, 0, vcpus, isIothreadsEnabled);
+    protected SCSIDef createSCSIDef(short index, int vcpus, boolean isIothreadsEnabled) {
+        return new SCSIDef(index, 0, 0, 9 + index, 0, vcpus, isIothreadsEnabled);
+    }
+
+
+    private void addSCSIControllers(DevicesDef devices, int vcpus, int diskCount, boolean isIothreadsEnabled) {
+        int controllers = diskCount / 7;
+        if (diskCount % 7 != 0) {
+            controllers++;
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < controllers; i++) {
+            devices.addDevice(createSCSIDef((short)i, vcpus, isIothreadsEnabled));
+        }
     }
 
     protected ConsoleDef createConsoleDef() {
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
index c5ab7807769f..d16cb40fb9d7 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@ public void testCreateDevicesWithSCSIDisk() {
         to.setDetails(new HashMap<>());
         to.setPlatformEmulator("Other PV Virtio-SCSI");
 
+        final DiskTO diskTO = Mockito.mock(DiskTO.class);
+        to.setDisks(new DiskTO[]{diskTO});
+
         GuestDef guest = new GuestDef();
         guest.setGuestType(GuestType.KVM);
 
@@ -646,7 +649,7 @@ public void testCreateChannelDef() {
     public void testCreateSCSIDef() {
         VirtualMachineTO to = createDefaultVM(false);
 
-        SCSIDef scsiDef = libvirtComputingResourceSpy.createSCSIDef(to.getCpus(), false);
+        SCSIDef scsiDef = libvirtComputingResourceSpy.createSCSIDef((short)0, to.getCpus(), false);
         Document domainDoc = parse(scsiDef.toString());
         verifyScsi(to, domainDoc, "");
     }