diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/VMSnapshotResponse.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/VMSnapshotResponse.java
index 168c5482213..29d06b96352 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/VMSnapshotResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/VMSnapshotResponse.java
@@ -184,7 +184,15 @@ public class VMSnapshotResponse extends BaseResponse implements ControlledEntity
         return parentName;
     }
 
-    public String getType() {
+    public String getParent() {
+      return parent;
+    }
+
+    public void setParent(String parent) {
+      this.parent = parent;
+    }
+
+  public String getType() {
         return type;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index 50376d210b8..38784ae556a 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -529,7 +529,9 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
             vmSnapshotResponse.setVirtualMachineid(vm.getUuid());
         }
         if (vmSnapshot.getParent() != null) {
-            vmSnapshotResponse.setParentName(ApiDBUtils.getVMSnapshotById(vmSnapshot.getParent()).getDisplayName());
+            VMSnapshot vmSnapshotParent = ApiDBUtils.getVMSnapshotById(vmSnapshot.getParent());
+            vmSnapshotResponse.setParent(vmSnapshotParent.getUuid());
+            vmSnapshotResponse.setParentName(vmSnapshotParent.getDisplayName());
         }
         vmSnapshotResponse.setCurrent(vmSnapshot.getCurrent());
         vmSnapshotResponse.setType(vmSnapshot.getType().toString());