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 7cb3194e970..37449b0d8e5 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
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public class CreateVMSnapshotCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
         VMSnapshot vmsnapshot = _vmSnapshotService.allocVMSnapshot(getVmId(), getDisplayName(), getDescription(), snapshotMemory());
         if (vmsnapshot != null) {
             setEntityId(vmsnapshot.getId());
+            setEntityUuid(vmsnapshot.getUuid());
         } else {
             throw new ServerApiException(ApiErrorCode.INTERNAL_ERROR, "Failed to create vm snapshot");
         }