diff --git a/nova/exception.py b/nova/exception.py
index 95a43a05fb..60cc5ae30f 100644
--- a/nova/exception.py
+++ b/nova/exception.py
@@ -864,7 +864,11 @@ class VolumeTypeExists(Duplicate):
 
 
 class InvalidSharedStorage(NovaException):
-    message = _("%(path)s is on shared storage: %(reason)s")
+    message = _("%(path)s is not on shared storage: %(reason)s")
+
+
+class InvalidLocalStorage(NovaException):
+    message = _("%(path)s is not on local storage: %(reason)s")
 
 
 class MigrationError(NovaException):
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
index 885cf7e83b..0932443cd7 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.TestCase):
         conn._check_shared_storage_test_file("file").AndReturn(True)
 
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        self.assertRaises(exception.InvalidSharedStorage,
+        self.assertRaises(exception.InvalidLocalStorage,
                           conn.check_can_live_migrate_source,
                           self.context, instance_ref, dest_check_data)
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 7bb4cbc226..6207c6caf5 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         """
         # Checking shared storage connectivity
         # if block migration, instances_paths should not be on shared storage.
-        dest = FLAGS.host
+        source = FLAGS.host
         filename = dest_check_data["filename"]
         block_migration = dest_check_data["block_migration"]
 
@@ -2252,12 +2252,12 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
             if shared:
                 reason = _("Block migration can not be used "
                            "with shared storage.")
-                raise exception.InvalidSharedStorage(reason=reason, path=dest)
+                raise exception.InvalidLocalStorage(reason=reason, path=source)
 
         elif not shared:
             reason = _("Live migration can not be used "
                        "without shared storage.")
-            raise exception.InvalidSharedStorage(reason=reason, path=dest)
+            raise exception.InvalidSharedStorage(reason=reason, path=source)
 
     def _get_compute_info(self, context, host):
         """Get compute host's information specified by key"""