diff --git a/qubes/vm/appvm.py b/qubes/vm/appvm.py
index 8544335b..bff48105 100644
--- a/qubes/vm/appvm.py
+++ b/qubes/vm/appvm.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ class AppVM(qubes.vm.qubesvm.QubesVM):
                                 doc='Template, on which this AppVM is based.')
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.volumes = {}
         self.volume_config = {
             'root': {
                 'name': 'root',
diff --git a/qubes/vm/dispvm.py b/qubes/vm/dispvm.py
index 84ba9d15..4a6b6738 100644
--- a/qubes/vm/dispvm.py
+++ b/qubes/vm/dispvm.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class DispVM(qubes.vm.qubesvm.QubesVM):
         doc='''Internal, persistent identifier of particular DispVM.''')
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.volumes = {}
         self.volume_config = {
             'root': {
                 'name': 'root',
diff --git a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
index 985f4635..043fe0ce 100644
--- a/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
+++ b/qubes/vm/qubesvm.py
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ class QubesVM(qubes.vm.mix.net.NetVMMixin, qubes.vm.BaseVM):
 
     def __init__(self, app, xml, volume_config={}, **kwargs):
         super(QubesVM, self).__init__(app, xml, **kwargs)
+        self.volumes = {}
         if hasattr(self, 'volume_config'):
             if xml is not None:
                 for node in xml.xpath('volume-config/volume'):
diff --git a/qubes/vm/templatevm.py b/qubes/vm/templatevm.py
index 39432ac8..611b21cb 100644
--- a/qubes/vm/templatevm.py
+++ b/qubes/vm/templatevm.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class TemplateVM(QubesVM):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         assert 'template' not in kwargs, "A TemplateVM can not have a template"
-        self.volumes = {}
         self.volume_config = {
             'root': {
                 'name': 'root',