diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateSnapshotCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateSnapshotCmd.java
index d882ba9705e..ca5e0cd30a3 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateSnapshotCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateSnapshotCmd.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.cloud.exception.ResourceAllocationException;
 import com.cloud.storage.Snapshot;
 import com.cloud.storage.Volume;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
+import com.cloud.user.UserContext;
 
 @Implementation(description = "Creates an instant snapshot of a volume.", responseObject = SnapshotResponse.class)
 public class CreateSnapshotCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ public class CreateSnapshotCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
 
     @Override
     public void execute() {
+        UserContext.current().setEventDetails("Volume Id: "+getVolumeId());
         Snapshot snapshot = _snapshotService.createSnapshot(getVolumeId(), getPolicyId(), getEntityId());
         if (snapshot != null) {
             SnapshotResponse response = _responseGenerator.createSnapshotResponse(snapshot);