diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/loadbalancer/CreateLBStickinessPolicyCmd.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/loadbalancer/CreateLBStickinessPolicyCmd.java
index 02b253a7c0c..7a2283e4762 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/loadbalancer/CreateLBStickinessPolicyCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/loadbalancer/CreateLBStickinessPolicyCmd.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiErrorCode;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseAsyncCmd;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseAsyncCreateCmd;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.Parameter;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ServerApiException;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LBStickinessResponse;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.cloud.event.EventTypes;
+import com.cloud.exception.InvalidParameterValueException;
 import com.cloud.exception.NetworkRuleConflictException;
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceAllocationException;
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceUnavailableException;
@@ -156,5 +158,18 @@ public class CreateLBStickinessPolicyCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
         return "creating a Load Balancer Stickiness policy: " + getLBStickinessPolicyName();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getSyncObjType() {
+        return BaseAsyncCmd.networkSyncObject;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Long getSyncObjId() {
+        LoadBalancer lb = _lbService.findById(getLbRuleId());
+        if (lb == null) {
+            throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unable to find load balancer rule " + getLbRuleId() + " to create stickiness rule");
+        }
+        return lb.getNetworkId();
+    }
 }