diff --git a/cinder/exception.py b/cinder/exception.py
index 33bddc3b188..feb05c35c90 100644
--- a/cinder/exception.py
+++ b/cinder/exception.py
@@ -716,6 +716,10 @@ class GlanceMetadataNotFound(NotFound):
     message = _("Glance metadata for volume/snapshot %(id)s cannot be found.")
 
 
+class ImageDownloadFailed(CinderException):
+    message = _("Failed to download image %(image_href)s, reason: %(reason)s")
+
+
 class ExportFailure(Invalid):
     message = _("Failed to export for volume: %(reason)s")
 
diff --git a/cinder/image/glance.py b/cinder/image/glance.py
index ee4b2cc2ace..6792f401c86 100644
--- a/cinder/image/glance.py
+++ b/cinder/image/glance.py
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ class GlanceImageService(object):
         except Exception:
             _reraise_translated_image_exception(image_id)
 
+        if image_chunks is None:
+            raise exception.ImageDownloadFailed(
+                image_href=image_id, reason=_('image contains no data.'))
+
         if not data:
             return image_chunks
         else:
diff --git a/cinder/image/image_utils.py b/cinder/image/image_utils.py
index 3417196d380..da11a678f04 100644
--- a/cinder/image/image_utils.py
+++ b/cinder/image/image_utils.py
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ 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/image/test_glance.py b/cinder/tests/unit/image/test_glance.py
index 0724450a659..975773f5613 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/image/test_glance.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/image/test_glance.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import datetime
 import itertools
+import six
 
 import ddt
 import glanceclient.exc
@@ -556,6 +557,20 @@ class TestGlanceImageService(test.TestCase):
         self.flags(glance_num_retries=1)
         service.download(self.context, image_id, writer)
 
+    def test_download_no_data(self):
+        class MyGlanceStubClient(glance_stubs.StubGlanceClient):
+            """Returns None instead of an iterator."""
+            def data(self, image_id):
+                return None
+
+        client = MyGlanceStubClient()
+        service = self._create_image_service(client)
+        image_id = 'fake-image-uuid'
+        e = self.assertRaises(exception.ImageDownloadFailed, service.download,
+                              self.context, image_id)
+        self.assertIn('image contains no data', six.text_type(e))
+        self.assertIn(image_id, six.text_type(e))
+
     def test_client_forbidden_converts_to_imagenotauthed(self):
         class MyGlanceStubClient(glance_stubs.StubGlanceClient):
             """A client that raises a Forbidden exception."""
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/test_image_utils.py b/cinder/tests/unit/test_image_utils.py
index 78e99727676..186df1cceab 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/test_image_utils.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/test_image_utils.py
@@ -315,6 +315,26 @@ 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 TestVerifyImage(test.TestCase):
     @mock.patch('cinder.image.image_utils.qemu_img_info')
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>`_).