diff --git a/cinder/image/image_utils.py b/cinder/image/image_utils.py
index 3c9c3c29888..72dd25ea6e9 100644
--- a/cinder/image/image_utils.py
+++ b/cinder/image/image_utils.py
@@ -402,6 +402,12 @@ def fetch(context, image_service, image_id, path, _user_id, _project_id):
                     raise exception.ImageTooBig(image_id=image_id,
                                                 reason=reason)
 
+                reason = ("IOError: %(errno)s %(strerror)s" %
+                          {'errno': e.errno, 'strerror': e.strerror})
+                LOG.error(reason)
+                raise exception.ImageDownloadFailed(image_href=image_id,
+                                                    reason=reason)
+
     duration = timeutils.delta_seconds(start_time, timeutils.utcnow())
 
     # NOTE(jdg): use a default of 1, mostly for unit test, but in
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/test_image_utils.py b/cinder/tests/unit/test_image_utils.py
index 4f1af3d5e54..b336694cb29 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/test_image_utils.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/test_image_utils.py
@@ -383,6 +383,26 @@ class TestFetch(test.TestCase):
                               context, image_service, image_id, path,
                               _user_id, _project_id)
 
+    def test_fetch_ioerror(self):
+        context = mock.sentinel.context
+        image_service = mock.Mock()
+        image_id = mock.sentinel.image_id
+        e = IOError()
+        e.errno = errno.ECONNRESET
+        e.strerror = 'Some descriptive message'
+        image_service.download.side_effect = e
+        path = '/test_path'
+        _user_id = mock.sentinel._user_id
+        _project_id = mock.sentinel._project_id
+
+        with mock.patch('cinder.image.image_utils.open',
+                        new=mock.mock_open(), create=True):
+            self.assertRaisesRegex(exception.ImageDownloadFailed,
+                                   e.strerror,
+                                   image_utils.fetch,
+                                   context, image_service, image_id, path,
+                                   _user_id, _project_id)
+
 
 class MockVerifier(object):
     def update(self, data):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1799221-fix-truncated-volumes-in-case-of-glance-errors-6cae19218249c3cf.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1799221-fix-truncated-volumes-in-case-of-glance-errors-6cae19218249c3cf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d38a4cc8966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1799221-fix-truncated-volumes-in-case-of-glance-errors-6cae19218249c3cf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed a bug which could create volumes with invalid content in case of
+    unhandled errors from glance client
+    (Bug `#1799221 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/cinder/+bug/1799221>`_).