diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/restore b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/restore
index e40605d8c5..ef8d1e8d5e 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/restore
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/restore
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ rm "$FILE_XML"
 # redefine potential snapshots
 for SNAPSHOT_MD_XML in $(ls ${VM_DIR}/snap-*.xml 2>/dev/null); do
 
+	# query UUID, but only once
+	UUID=${UUID:-$(virsh --connect $LIBVIRT_URI dominfo $DEPLOY_ID | grep UUID: | awk '{print $2}')}
+
+	# replace uuid in the snapshot metadata xml
+	sed -i "s%<uuid>[[:alnum:]-]*</uuid>%<uuid>$UUID</uuid>%" $SNAPSHOT_MD_XML
+
 	# redefine the snapshot using the xml metadata file
 	virsh --connect $LIBVIRT_URI snapshot-create $DEPLOY_ID $SNAPSHOT_MD_XML --redefine > /dev/null || true
 done