diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
index eaf95e6aee1..5bc71439df5 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public class SnapshotManagerImpl implements SnapshotManager, SnapshotService, Ma
         // Update the snapshot in the database
         if ((answer != null) && answer.getResult()) {
             // The snapshot was successfully created
-            if (preSnapshotPath != null && preSnapshotPath == answer.getSnapshotPath()) {
+            if (preSnapshotPath != null && preSnapshotPath.equals(answer.getSnapshotPath())) {
                 // empty snapshot
                 s_logger.debug("CreateSnapshot: this is empty snapshot ");
                 snapshot.setPath(preSnapshotPath);