diff --git a/engine/storage/snapshot/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/SnapshotServiceImpl.java b/engine/storage/snapshot/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/SnapshotServiceImpl.java
index 9940249f486..fb68958027f 100644
--- a/engine/storage/snapshot/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/SnapshotServiceImpl.java
+++ b/engine/storage/snapshot/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/SnapshotServiceImpl.java
@@ -216,7 +216,12 @@ public class SnapshotServiceImpl implements SnapshotService {
     // the same store as its parent since
     // we are taking delta snapshot
     private DataStore findSnapshotImageStore(SnapshotInfo snapshot) {
-        if (snapshot.getParent() == null) {
+        Boolean fullSnapshot = true;
+        Object payload = snapshot.getPayload();
+        if (payload != null) {
+            fullSnapshot = (Boolean)payload;
+        }
+        if (fullSnapshot) {
             return dataStoreMgr.getImageStore(snapshot.getDataCenterId());
         } else {
             SnapshotInfo parentSnapshot = snapshot.getParent();
diff --git a/engine/storage/snapshot/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/XenserverSnapshotStrategy.java b/engine/storage/snapshot/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/XenserverSnapshotStrategy.java
index bcae7b5d92f..ad7e0f3e3d8 100644
--- a/engine/storage/snapshot/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/XenserverSnapshotStrategy.java
+++ b/engine/storage/snapshot/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/snapshot/XenserverSnapshotStrategy.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.SnapshotDataStoreVO;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.to.SnapshotObjectTO;
 
 import com.cloud.exception.InvalidParameterValueException;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor.HypervisorType;
 import com.cloud.storage.CreateSnapshotPayload;
 import com.cloud.storage.DataStoreRole;
 import com.cloud.storage.Snapshot;
@@ -106,7 +108,8 @@ public class XenserverSnapshotStrategy extends SnapshotStrategyBase {
 
         boolean fullBackup = true;
         SnapshotDataStoreVO parentSnapshotOnBackupStore = snapshotStoreDao.findLatestSnapshotForVolume(snapshot.getVolumeId(), DataStoreRole.Image);
-        if (parentSnapshotOnBackupStore != null) {
+        HypervisorType hypervisorType = snapshot.getBaseVolume().getHypervisorType();
+        if (parentSnapshotOnBackupStore != null && hypervisorType == Hypervisor.HypervisorType.XenServer) { // CS does incremental backup only for XenServer
             int _deltaSnapshotMax = NumbersUtil.parseInt(configDao.getValue("snapshot.delta.max"),
                     SnapshotManager.DELTAMAX);
             int deltaSnap = _deltaSnapshotMax;