diff --git a/cmd/incusd/migrate_storage_volumes.go b/cmd/incusd/migrate_storage_volumes.go
index 6e7c7435b41..413e5591770 100644
--- a/cmd/incusd/migrate_storage_volumes.go
+++ b/cmd/incusd/migrate_storage_volumes.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func (c *migrationSink) DoStorage(state *state.State, projectName string, poolNa
 		for _, sourceSnap := range sourceSnapshots {
 			sourceSnapshotComparable = append(sourceSnapshotComparable, storagePools.ComparableSnapshot{
 				Name:         sourceSnap.GetName(),
-				CreationDate: time.Unix(sourceSnap.GetCreationDate(), 0),
+				CreationDate: time.Unix(0, sourceSnap.GetCreationDate()),
 			})
 		}
 
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ func volumeSnapshotToProtobuf(vol *api.StorageVolumeSnapshot) *migration.Snapsho
 		LocalDevices: []*migration.Device{},
 		Architecture: proto.Int32(0),
 		Stateful:     proto.Bool(false),
-		CreationDate: proto.Int64(0),
+		CreationDate: proto.Int64(vol.CreatedAt.UnixNano()),
 		LastUsedDate: proto.Int64(0),
 		ExpiryDate:   proto.Int64(0),
 	}
diff --git a/internal/server/storage/backend.go b/internal/server/storage/backend.go
index 5a4956fa2e7..ebdb12404d3 100644
--- a/internal/server/storage/backend.go
+++ b/internal/server/storage/backend.go
@@ -6211,6 +6211,7 @@ func (b *backend) GenerateCustomVolumeBackupConfig(projectName string, volName s
 				Name:        snapName, // Snapshot only name, not full name.
 				Config:      dbVolSnaps[i].Config,
 				ContentType: dbVolSnaps[i].ContentType,
+				CreatedAt:   dbVolSnaps[i].CreationDate,
 			}
 
 			config.VolumeSnapshots = append(config.VolumeSnapshots, &snapshot)
diff --git a/test/suites/storage_local_volume_handling.sh b/test/suites/storage_local_volume_handling.sh
index b9c4c9eafd2..3370f1ba672 100644
--- a/test/suites/storage_local_volume_handling.sh
+++ b/test/suites/storage_local_volume_handling.sh
@@ -219,20 +219,8 @@ test_storage_local_volume_handling() {
           incus storage volume snapshot create "${source_pool}" vol5
           incus storage volume set "${source_pool}" vol5 user.foo=snap1vol5
           incus storage volume snapshot create "${source_pool}" vol5
-          incus storage volume set "${source_pool}" vol5 user.foo=snapremovevol5
-          incus storage volume snapshot create "${source_pool}" vol5 snapremove
           incus storage volume set "${source_pool}" vol5 user.foo=postsnap1vol5
 
-          # create storage volume with user config differing over snapshots and additional snapshot than vol5
-          incus storage volume create "${source_pool}" vol6 --type=block size=4194304
-          incus storage volume set "${source_pool}" vol6 user.foo=snap0vol6
-          incus storage volume snapshot create "${source_pool}" vol6
-          incus storage volume set "${source_pool}" vol6 user.foo=snap1vol6
-          incus storage volume snapshot create "${source_pool}" vol6
-          incus storage volume set "${source_pool}" vol6 user.foo=snap2vol6
-          incus storage volume snapshot create "${source_pool}" vol6
-          incus storage volume set "${source_pool}" vol6 user.foo=postsnap1vol6
-
           # copy to new volume destination with refresh flag
           incus storage volume copy --refresh "${source_pool}/vol5" "${target_pool}/vol5"
 
@@ -240,19 +228,23 @@ test_storage_local_volume_handling() {
           incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5 user.foo | grep -Fx "postsnap1vol5"
           incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5/snap0 user.foo | grep -Fx "snap0vol5"
           incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5/snap1 user.foo | grep -Fx "snap1vol5"
-          incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5/snapremove user.foo | grep -Fx "snapremovevol5"
+
+          # create additional snapshot on source_pool and one on target_pool
+          incus storage volume snapshot create "${source_pool}" vol5 postsnap1vol5
+          incus storage volume set "${target_pool}" vol5 user.foo=snapremovevol5
+          incus storage volume snapshot create "${target_pool}" vol5 snapremove
 
           # incremental copy to existing volume destination with refresh flag
-          incus storage volume copy --refresh "${source_pool}/vol6" "${target_pool}/vol5"
+          incus storage volume copy --refresh "${source_pool}/vol5" "${target_pool}/vol5"
 
           # check snapshot volumes (including config) was overridden from new source and that missing snapshot is
           # present and that the missing snapshot has been removed.
-          # Note: Due to a known issue we are currently only diffing the snapshots by name, so infact existing
-          # snapshots of the same name won't be overwritten even if their config or contents is different.
-          incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5 user.foo | grep -Fx "postsnap1vol5"
+          # Note: We are currently diffing the snapshots by name and creation date, so infact existing
+          # snapshots of the same name and cretion date won't be overwritten even if their config or contents is different.
+          incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5 user.foo | grep -Fx "snapremovevol5"
           incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5/snap0 user.foo | grep -Fx "snap0vol5"
           incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5/snap1 user.foo | grep -Fx "snap1vol5"
-          incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5/snap2 user.foo | grep -Fx "snap2vol6"
+          incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5/postsnap1vol5 user.foo | grep -Fx "postsnap1vol5"
           ! incus storage volume get "${target_pool}" vol5/snapremove user.foo || false
 
           # copy ISO custom volumes
@@ -272,7 +264,6 @@ test_storage_local_volume_handling() {
           incus storage volume delete "${target_pool}" vol4
           incus storage volume delete "${source_pool}" vol5
           incus storage volume delete "${target_pool}" vol5
-          incus storage volume delete "${source_pool}" vol6
           incus storage volume delete "${target_pool}" iso1
           incus storage volume delete "${target_pool}" iso2
           rm -f foo.iso