diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServer.java b/core/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServer.java
index 31c7410cf03..9dc8eb3f20f 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServer.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServer.java
@@ -2190,5 +2190,6 @@ public interface ManagementServer {
 	 * @return comma separated list of tags
 	 */
 	String getHostTags(long hostId);
+    VolumeVO findVolumeByIdIncludingRemoved(long id);
 	
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/async/executor/CreateSnapshotExecutor.java b/server/src/com/cloud/async/executor/CreateSnapshotExecutor.java
index 0e0fc9537dd..e18dbf4657b 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/async/executor/CreateSnapshotExecutor.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/async/executor/CreateSnapshotExecutor.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class CreateSnapshotExecutor extends BaseAsyncJobExecutor {
 	private CreateSnapshotResultObject composeResultObject(Snapshot snapshot) {
 		CreateSnapshotResultObject resultObject = new CreateSnapshotResultObject();
 		ManagementServer managementServer = getAsyncJobMgr().getExecutorContext().getManagementServer();
-		VolumeVO volume = managementServer.findVolumeById(snapshot.getVolumeId());
+		VolumeVO volume = managementServer.findVolumeByIdIncludingRemoved(snapshot.getVolumeId());
 		
 		resultObject.setId(snapshot.getId());
 		long domainId = -1;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
index 39e4c6dc954..e5cff01ff58 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
@@ -5490,6 +5490,11 @@ public class ManagementServerImpl implements ManagementServer {
          }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public VolumeVO findVolumeByIdIncludingRemoved(long id) {
+        VolumeVO volume = _volumeDao.findById(id);
+        return volume;
+   }
 
     @Override
     public VolumeVO findAnyVolumeById(long volumeId) {