diff --git a/src/tm_mad/ceph/cpds b/src/tm_mad/ceph/cpds
index 64e47842a8..bd729f2e7a 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/ceph/cpds
+++ b/src/tm_mad/ceph/cpds
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ done < <(onevm show -x $VM_ID| $XPATH \
 RBD_SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 PERSISTENT="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
-ssh_exec_and_log "$DST_HOST" "$RBD copy $RBD_DST $DST" \
+if [ "$PERSISTENT" = "YES" ]; then
+    RBD_DST="${RBD_SRC}"
+else
+    RBD_DST="${RBD_SRC}-${VM_ID}-${DISK_ID}"
+fi
+
+ssh_exec_and_log "$SRC_HOST" "$RBD copy $RBD_DST $DST" \
                 "Error cloning $RBD_DST to $DST in $DST_HOST"
 
 exit 0