diff --git a/src/tm_mad/qcow2/snap_create_live b/src/tm_mad/qcow2/snap_create_live
index 19ade6afff..4b925527a2 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/qcow2/snap_create_live
+++ b/src/tm_mad/qcow2/snap_create_live
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ if virsh -c $LIBVIRT_URI domfsfreeze $DEPLOY_ID ; then
     trap "virsh -c $LIBVIRT_URI domfsthaw $DEPLOY_ID" EXIT TERM INT HUP
 fi
 
-virsh -c $LIBVIRT_URI snapshot-create $DEPLOY_ID --disk-only --atomic \
+virsh -c $LIBVIRT_URI snapshot-create $DEPLOY_ID --disk-only --atomic --no-metadata \
     --xmlfile \$FILENAME
 
 rm \${FILENAME}