diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vmsnapshot/CreateVMSnapshotCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vmsnapshot/CreateVMSnapshotCmd.java
index a59b2f67e61..cdd7ab0f951 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vmsnapshot/CreateVMSnapshotCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vmsnapshot/CreateVMSnapshotCmd.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class CreateVMSnapshotCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
 
         if (vmsnapshot != null) {
             setEntityId(vmsnapshot.getId());
+            setEntityUuid(vmsnapshot.getUuid());
         } else {
             throw new ServerApiException(ApiErrorCode.INTERNAL_ERROR, "Failed to create vm snapshot");
         }