diff --git a/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc b/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
index 5ffeb4f4f3..2fa9d9a24e 100644
--- a/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
+++ b/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
@@ -2986,6 +2986,8 @@ int VirtualMachine::updateconf(VirtualMachineTemplate* tmpl, string &err,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    encrypt();
+
     return 0;
 }