diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
index e51f8fc81529..04662604382a 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
@@ -2511,7 +2511,9 @@ public Answer copyVolumeFromPrimaryToPrimary(CopyCommand cmd) {
 
             destPool = storagePoolMgr.getStoragePool(destPrimaryStore.getPoolType(), destPrimaryStore.getUuid());
             try {
-                if (srcVol.getPassphrase() != null && srcVol.getVolumeType().equals(Volume.Type.ROOT)) {
+                Volume.Type volumeType = srcVol.getVolumeType();
+
+                if (srcVol.getPassphrase() != null && (Volume.Type.ROOT.equals(volumeType) || Volume.Type.DATADISK.equals(volumeType))) {
                     volume.setQemuEncryptFormat(QemuObject.EncryptFormat.LUKS);
                     storagePoolMgr.copyPhysicalDisk(volume, destVolumeName, destPool, cmd.getWaitInMillSeconds(), srcVol.getPassphrase(), destVol.getPassphrase(), srcVol.getProvisioningType());
                 } else {