diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageSubsystemCommandHandler.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageSubsystemCommandHandler.java
index 39c353931d8..a5ebe2e39db 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageSubsystemCommandHandler.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/VmwareStorageSubsystemCommandHandler.java
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ public class VmwareStorageSubsystemCommandHandler extends StorageSubsystemComman
             } else if (srcData.getObjectType() == DataObjectType.TEMPLATE) {
                 // sync template from NFS cache to S3 in NFS migration to S3 case
                 storageManager.createOvaForTemplate((TemplateObjectTO)srcData);
+            } else if (srcData.getObjectType() == DataObjectType.SNAPSHOT && destData.getObjectType() == DataObjectType.SNAPSHOT) {
+                // sync snapshot from NFS cache to S3 in NFS migration to S3 case
+                String parentPath = storageResource.getRootDir(srcDataStore.getUrl());
+                SnapshotObjectTO snap = (SnapshotObjectTO)srcData;
+                String path = snap.getPath();
+                int index = path.lastIndexOf(File.separator);
+                String name = path.substring(index + 1);
+                String snapDir = path.substring(0, index);
+                storageManager.createOva(parentPath + File.separator + snapDir, name);
             } else if (srcData.getObjectType() == DataObjectType.SNAPSHOT && destData.getObjectType() == DataObjectType.TEMPLATE) {
                 //create template from snapshot on src at first, then copy it to s3
                 TemplateObjectTO cacheTemplate = (TemplateObjectTO)destData;