diff --git a/backend/manager/modules/bll/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/core/bll/CloneVmCommand.java b/backend/manager/modules/bll/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/core/bll/CloneVmCommand.java
index 16318209cdc..beb5de45743 100644
--- a/backend/manager/modules/bll/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/core/bll/CloneVmCommand.java
+++ b/backend/manager/modules/bll/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/core/bll/CloneVmCommand.java
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ private void cloneVm() {
     protected void createDestSnapshots() {
     }
 
-    private void removeVmSnapshot() {
+    protected void removeVmSnapshot() {
         unlockEntities();
 
         ActionReturnValue returnValue = runInternalAction(
diff --git a/backend/manager/modules/bll/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/core/bll/CloneVmNoCollapseCommand.java b/backend/manager/modules/bll/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/core/bll/CloneVmNoCollapseCommand.java
index 57fc37234c0..2a0401ff371 100644
--- a/backend/manager/modules/bll/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/core/bll/CloneVmNoCollapseCommand.java
+++ b/backend/manager/modules/bll/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/core/bll/CloneVmNoCollapseCommand.java
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ protected boolean validate() {
         return super.validate();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void executeVmCommand() {
+        getParameters().setStage(CloneVmParameters.CloneVmStage.CREATE_VM_SNAPSHOT);
+        setSucceeded(true);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void addVmImages() {
         getParameters()
@@ -236,6 +242,12 @@ private List<DiskImage> prepareImageChainMap(DiskImage diskImage, Guid destImage
         return newChain;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void removeVmSnapshot() {
+        log.info("Skipping Auto-Generated snapshot removal, since it was not generated for " +
+                    "exporting VM '{}' without collapsing snapshots", getSourceVmId());
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void unlockEntities() {
         TransactionSupport.executeInNewTransaction(() -> {