diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/server/ResourceTag.java b/api/src/com/cloud/server/ResourceTag.java
index 16d6dc2c181..ce09fdf955b 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/server/ResourceTag.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/server/ResourceTag.java
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public interface ResourceTag extends ControlledEntity, Identity, InternalIdentit
      */
     long getResourceId();
 
+    void setResourceId(long resourceId);
+
     /**
      * @return
      */
diff --git a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/storage/dao/VolumeDaoImpl.java b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/storage/dao/VolumeDaoImpl.java
index 66e8979b423..85d08b854c0 100644
--- a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/storage/dao/VolumeDaoImpl.java
+++ b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/storage/dao/VolumeDaoImpl.java
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ public class VolumeDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<VolumeVO, Long> implements Vol
             destVol.setInstanceId(instanceId);
             update(srcVolId, srcVol);
             update(destVolId, destVol);
+            _tagsDao.updateResourceId(srcVolId, destVolId, ResourceObjectType.Volume);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to persist the sequence number for this host");
         }
diff --git a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/ResourceTagVO.java b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/ResourceTagVO.java
index eadddd1e31e..cc29d8ea15a 100644
--- a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/ResourceTagVO.java
+++ b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/ResourceTagVO.java
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ public class ResourceTagVO implements ResourceTag {
         return resourceId;
     }
 
+    @Override public void setResourceId(long resourceId) {
+        this.resourceId = resourceId;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ResourceObjectType getResourceType() {
         return resourceType;
diff --git a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/dao/ResourceTagDao.java b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/dao/ResourceTagDao.java
index fffe2a475f2..87662ef0679 100644
--- a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/dao/ResourceTagDao.java
+++ b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/dao/ResourceTagDao.java
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ public interface ResourceTagDao extends GenericDao<ResourceTagVO, Long> {
 
     List<? extends ResourceTag> listBy(long resourceId, ResourceObjectType resourceType);
 
+    void updateResourceId(long srcId, long destId, ResourceObjectType resourceType);
 }
diff --git a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/dao/ResourceTagsDaoImpl.java b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/dao/ResourceTagsDaoImpl.java
index 3611999fda1..a6c26243c21 100644
--- a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/dao/ResourceTagsDaoImpl.java
+++ b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/tags/dao/ResourceTagsDaoImpl.java
@@ -59,4 +59,14 @@ public class ResourceTagsDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<ResourceTagVO, Long> imp
         sc.setParameters("resourceType", resourceType);
         return listBy(sc);
     }
+
+    @Override public void updateResourceId(long srcId, long destId, ResourceObjectType resourceType) {
+        SearchCriteria<ResourceTagVO> sc = AllFieldsSearch.create();
+        sc.setParameters("resourceId", srcId);
+        sc.setParameters("resourceType", resourceType);
+        for( ResourceTagVO tag : listBy(sc)) {
+            tag.setResourceId(destId);
+            update(tag.getId(), tag);
+        }
+    }
 }