diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
index 841da430648..01439cf0d5d 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ public class ApiServer implements HttpRequestHandler {
             }
 
             if (objectId != null) {
+                SerializationContext.current().setUuidTranslation(true);
                 return ((BaseAsyncCreateCmd) asyncCmd).getResponse(jobId, objectId, objectEntityTable);
             }
             
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/identity/dao/IdentityDaoImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/identity/dao/IdentityDaoImpl.java
index 66620f9628b..bb514bed9fd 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/identity/dao/IdentityDaoImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/identity/dao/IdentityDaoImpl.java
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ public class IdentityDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<IdentityVO, Long> implements
 	            if(rs.next()) {
 	            	return rs.getLong(1);
 	            } else {
+	            	if(id != 0)
+	            		return id;
+	            	
 	        		throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Object " + tableName + "(uuid: " + identityString + ") does not exist.");
 	            }
 	        } catch (SQLException e) {