diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/primera/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/adapter/primera/PrimeraAdapter.java b/plugins/storage/volume/primera/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/adapter/primera/PrimeraAdapter.java
index 445799f0c04..036144103b1 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/primera/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/adapter/primera/PrimeraAdapter.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/primera/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/adapter/primera/PrimeraAdapter.java
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ public class PrimeraAdapter implements ProviderAdapter {
 
         parms.setDestVolume(targetVolumeInfo.getExternalName());
         parms.setOnline(false);
+        parms.setPriority(1);
         request.setParameters(parms);
 
         PrimeraTaskReference taskref = POST("/volumes/" + sourceVolumeInfo.getExternalName(), request, new TypeReference<PrimeraTaskReference>() {});