diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
index f3537e2..43385f4 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws.go
@@ -1337,12 +1337,9 @@ func (c *AWSCloud) AttachDisk(diskName string, instanceName string, readOnly boo

        // Inside the instance, the mountpoint always looks like /dev/xvdX (?)
        hostDevice := "/dev/xvd" + string(mountDevice)
-       // In the EC2 API, it is sometimes is /dev/sdX and sometimes /dev/xvdX
-       // We are running on the node here, so we check if /dev/xvda exists to determine this
+       // We are using xvd names (so we are HVM only)
+       // See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/device_naming.html
        ec2Device := "/dev/xvd" + string(mountDevice)
-       if _, err := os.Stat("/dev/xvda"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-               ec2Device = "/dev/sd" + string(mountDevice)
-       }

        // attachEnded is set to true if the attach operation completed
        // (successfully or not)