diff --git a/circle/dashboard/templates/dashboard/_disk-list-element.html b/circle/dashboard/templates/dashboard/_disk-list-element.html
index a78088f..d6b30a6 100644
--- a/circle/dashboard/templates/dashboard/_disk-list-element.html
+++ b/circle/dashboard/templates/dashboard/_disk-list-element.html
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
       {% if op.resize_disk.disabled %}disabled{% endif %}">
       <i class="fa fa-{{ op.resize_disk.icon }} fa-fw-12"></i> {% trans "Resize" %}
     </a>
-  {% else %}
+  {% elif d.is_resizable %}
     <a href="{% url "request.views.request-resize" vm_pk=instance.pk disk_pk=d.pk %}" class="btn btn-xs btn-primary operation">
       <i class="fa fa-arrows-alt fa-fw-12"></i> {% trans "Request resize" %}
     </a>
+  {% else %}
+    <small class="text-muted">{% trans "Cannot be resized" %}</small>
   {% endif %}
   {% if op.remove_disk %}
     <a href="{{ op.remove_disk.get_url }}?disk={{d.pk}}"
diff --git a/circle/request/templates/request/initials/resize.html b/circle/request/templates/request/initials/resize.html
index 48173bc..a1a45c3 100644
--- a/circle/request/templates/request/initials/resize.html
+++ b/circle/request/templates/request/initials/resize.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% spaceless %}
 {% if LANGUAGE_CODE == "en" %}
-Why do you need bigger disk?
+Why do you need a bigger disk?
 {% else %} {# place your translations here #}
-Why do you need bigger disk?
+Why do you need a bigger disk?
 {% endif %}
 {% endspaceless %}
diff --git a/circle/request/views.py b/circle/request/views.py
index a2c771e..dabb989 100644
--- a/circle/request/views.py
+++ b/circle/request/views.py
@@ -327,8 +327,11 @@ class ResizeRequestView(VmRequestMixin, FormView):
         return context
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
-        vm = self.get_vm()
         disk = self.get_disk()
+        if not disk.is_resizable:
+            raise SuspiciousOperation
+
+        vm = self.get_vm()
         data = form.cleaned_data
         user = self.request.user
 
diff --git a/circle/storage/models.py b/circle/storage/models.py
index b4a11d0..0b5431d 100644
--- a/circle/storage/models.py
+++ b/circle/storage/models.py
@@ -539,3 +539,7 @@ class Disk(TimeStampedModel):
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         return reverse('dashboard.views.disk-detail', kwargs={'pk': self.pk})
+
+    @property
+    def is_resizable(self):
+        return self.type in ('qcow2-norm', 'raw-rw')