diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotApiService.java b/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotApiService.java
index cb67ba75caa7..38e5e105a483 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotApiService.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotApiService.java
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ public interface SnapshotApiService {
 
     Snapshot allocSnapshot(Long volumeId, Long policyId, String snapshotName, Snapshot.LocationType locationType) throws ResourceAllocationException;
 
+    Snapshot allocSnapshot(Long volumeId, Long policyId, String snapshotName, Snapshot.LocationType locationType, Boolean isFromVmSnapshot)
+            throws ResourceAllocationException;
+
+
     /**
      * Create a snapshot of a volume
      *
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
index b573af7dba1b..a31304aa5ae9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
@@ -3289,7 +3289,7 @@ public Snapshot allocSnapshot(Long volumeId, Long policyId, String snapshotName,
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("VolumeId: " + volumeId + " please attach this volume to a VM before create snapshot for it");
         }
 
-        return snapshotMgr.allocSnapshot(volumeId, policyId, snapshotName, locationType);
+        return snapshotMgr.allocSnapshot(volumeId, policyId, snapshotName, locationType, false);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -3345,7 +3345,7 @@ public Snapshot allocSnapshotForVm(Long vmId, Long volumeId, String snapshotName
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Cannot perform this operation, unsupported on storage pool type " + storagePool.getPoolType());
         }
 
-        return snapshotMgr.allocSnapshot(volumeId, Snapshot.MANUAL_POLICY_ID, snapshotName, null);
+        return snapshotMgr.allocSnapshot(volumeId, Snapshot.MANUAL_POLICY_ID, snapshotName, null, true);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
index 049754a04d83..112cf3799b54 100755
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ private Type getSnapshotType(IntervalType intvType) {
         return null;
     }
 
-    private boolean hostSupportSnapsthotForVolume(HostVO host, VolumeInfo volume) {
+    private boolean hostSupportsSnapsthotForVolume(HostVO host, VolumeInfo volume, boolean isFromVmSnapshot) {
         if (host.getHypervisorType() != HypervisorType.KVM) {
             return true;
         }
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ private boolean hostSupportSnapsthotForVolume(HostVO host, VolumeInfo volume) {
             VMInstanceVO vm = _vmDao.findById(vmId);
             if (vm.getState() != VirtualMachine.State.Stopped && vm.getState() != VirtualMachine.State.Destroyed) {
                 boolean snapshotEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(_configDao.getValue("kvm.snapshot.enabled"));
-                if (!snapshotEnabled) {
+                if (!snapshotEnabled && !isFromVmSnapshot) {
                     s_logger.debug("Snapshot is not supported on host " + host + " for the volume " + volume + " attached to the vm " + vm);
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ private boolean hostSupportSnapsthotForVolume(HostVO host, VolumeInfo volume) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    private boolean supportedByHypervisor(VolumeInfo volume) {
+    private boolean supportedByHypervisor(VolumeInfo volume, boolean isFromVmSnapshot) {
         HypervisorType hypervisorType;
         StoragePoolVO storagePool = _storagePoolDao.findById(volume.getDataStore().getId());
         ScopeType scope = storagePool.getScope();
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ private boolean supportedByHypervisor(VolumeInfo volume) {
             }
             if (hosts != null && !hosts.isEmpty()) {
                 HostVO host = hosts.get(0);
-                if (!hostSupportSnapsthotForVolume(host, volume)) {
+                if (!hostSupportsSnapsthotForVolume(host, volume, isFromVmSnapshot)) {
                     throw new CloudRuntimeException(
                             "KVM Snapshot is not supported for Running VMs. It is disabled by default due to a possible volume corruption in certain cases. To enable it set global settings kvm.snapshot.enabled to True. See the documentation for more details.");
                 }
@@ -1489,9 +1489,14 @@ public void cleanupSnapshotsByVolume(Long volumeId) {
 
     @Override
     public Snapshot allocSnapshot(Long volumeId, Long policyId, String snapshotName, Snapshot.LocationType locationType) throws ResourceAllocationException {
+        return allocSnapshot(volumeId, policyId, snapshotName, locationType, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Snapshot allocSnapshot(Long volumeId, Long policyId, String snapshotName, Snapshot.LocationType locationType, Boolean isFromVmSnapshot) throws ResourceAllocationException {
         Account caller = CallContext.current().getCallingAccount();
         VolumeInfo volume = volFactory.getVolume(volumeId);
-        supportedByHypervisor(volume);
+        supportedByHypervisor(volume, isFromVmSnapshot);
 
         // Verify permissions
         _accountMgr.checkAccess(caller, null, true, volume);