diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/driver/OntapPrimaryDatastoreDriver.java b/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/driver/OntapPrimaryDatastoreDriver.java
index 8a5cbb6a753c..6f7dc7a201bf 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/driver/OntapPrimaryDatastoreDriver.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/driver/OntapPrimaryDatastoreDriver.java
@@ -2293,7 +2293,9 @@ private CloudStackVolume createCloneFileFromSnapshotRequest(StoragePoolVO storag
         String flexVolName = details.get(OntapStorageConstants.VOLUME_NAME);
 
         FileInfo file = new FileInfo();
-        file.setPath(OntapStorageUtils.toFlexVolRelativePath(sourceVolumePath, flexVolName));
+        String relativeSourcePath = OntapStorageUtils.toFlexVolRelativePath(sourceVolumePath, flexVolName);
+        file.setPath(OntapStorageConstants.DOT + OntapStorageConstants.SNAPSHOT_PATH_SEGMENT + snapshotName
+                + OntapStorageConstants.SLASH + relativeSourcePath);
 
         CloudStackVolume request = new CloudStackVolume();
         request.setDatastoreId(String.valueOf(storagePool.getId()));
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/service/UnifiedNASStrategy.java b/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/service/UnifiedNASStrategy.java
index 1c8fae171b67..510fea5c6c75 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/service/UnifiedNASStrategy.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/service/UnifiedNASStrategy.java
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ public void deleteCloudStackVolume(CloudStackVolume cloudstackVolume) {
      * Clones a file inside the FlexVolume using ONTAP's file clone API.
      *
      * <p>The source is taken from {@code file.path} and the destination from
-     * {@code destinationPath}, both relative to the root of the FlexVolume backing the pool.
-     * When {@code snapshotName} is set, the source is read from that FlexVolume snapshot.</p>
+     * {@code destinationPath}, both relative to the root of the FlexVolume backing the pool.</p>
      */
     @Override
     public CloudStackVolume cloneCloudStackVolume(CloudStackVolume cloudstackVolume) {
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ public CloudStackVolume cloneCloudStackVolume(CloudStackVolume cloudstackVolume)
         logger.info("cloneCloudStackVolume: Cloning file [{}] to [{}] in FlexVol [{}] from snapshot [{}]",
                 sourcePath, destinationPath, flexVolName, snapshotName);
         try {
-            FileCloneRequest request = new FileCloneRequest(flexVolUuid, flexVolName, sourcePath, destinationPath, snapshotName);
+            FileCloneRequest request = new FileCloneRequest(flexVolUuid, flexVolName, sourcePath, destinationPath);
             JobResponse jobResponse = nasFeignClient.cloneFile(getAuthHeader(), request);
             pollJobIfPresent(jobResponse, "clone file [" + sourcePath + "] to [" + destinationPath + "]");
 
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/driver/OntapPrimaryDatastoreDriverTest.java b/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/driver/OntapPrimaryDatastoreDriverTest.java
index 12e5ff3faced..97642c5997e8 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/driver/OntapPrimaryDatastoreDriverTest.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/driver/OntapPrimaryDatastoreDriverTest.java
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ void testCreateAsync_VolumeClonedFromSnapshot_NfsSuccess() {
             ArgumentCaptor<CloudStackVolume> requestCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(CloudStackVolume.class);
             verify(nasStrategy).cloneCloudStackVolume(requestCaptor.capture());
             CloudStackVolume request = requestCaptor.getValue();
-            assertEquals("source-file-uuid", request.getFile().getPath());
+            assertEquals("./.snapshot/snap_cs200/source-file-uuid", request.getFile().getPath());
             assertEquals("new-volume-uuid", request.getDestinationPath());
             assertEquals("snap_cs200", request.getSnapshotName());
             assertEquals("1", request.getDatastoreId());
@@ -3177,7 +3177,8 @@ void testCopyAsync_NfsTemporarySnapshotCopy_SetsFilePath() {
 
             ArgumentCaptor<CloudStackVolume> requestCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(CloudStackVolume.class);
             verify(nasStrategy).cloneCloudStackVolume(requestCaptor.capture());
-            assertEquals("source-file-uuid", requestCaptor.getValue().getFile().getPath());
+            assertEquals("./.snapshot/snap_cs200/source-file-uuid",
+                    requestCaptor.getValue().getFile().getPath());
             assertEquals("tmp-volume-uuid", requestCaptor.getValue().getDestinationPath());
             assertEquals("snap_cs200", requestCaptor.getValue().getSnapshotName());
 
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/service/UnifiedNASStrategyTest.java b/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/service/UnifiedNASStrategyTest.java
index 199a847e2136..bab14d4bf8dc 100755
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/service/UnifiedNASStrategyTest.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/ontap/src/test/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/service/UnifiedNASStrategyTest.java
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ public void testCloneCloudStackVolume_Success() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testCloneCloudStackVolume_SnapshotSource_SendsSnapshotName() {
+    public void testCloneCloudStackVolume_SnapshotSource_UsesSnapshotSourcePath() {
         VolumeObject volumeObject = mock(VolumeObject.class);
         VolumeVO volumeVO = mock(VolumeVO.class);
         when(volumeObject.getId()).thenReturn(100L);
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ public void testCloneCloudStackVolume_SnapshotSource_SendsSnapshotName() {
         when(storagePoolDetailsDao.listDetailsKeyPairs(1L)).thenReturn(details);
 
         FileInfo source = new FileInfo();
-        source.setPath("source-file-uuid");
+        source.setPath("./.snapshot/snap_cs200/source-file-uuid");
         CloudStackVolume request = new CloudStackVolume();
         request.setDatastoreId("1");
         request.setVolumeInfo(volumeObject);
@@ -1156,10 +1156,9 @@ public void testCloneCloudStackVolume_SnapshotSource_SendsSnapshotName() {
         assertEquals("snap_cs200", result.getSnapshotName());
         ArgumentCaptor<FileCloneRequest> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(FileCloneRequest.class);
         verify(nasFeignClient).cloneFile(anyString(), captor.capture());
-        assertEquals("source-file-uuid", captor.getValue().getSourcePath());
+        assertEquals("./.snapshot/snap_cs200/source-file-uuid", captor.getValue().getSourcePath());
         assertEquals("new-volume-uuid", captor.getValue().getDestinationPath());
-        assertNotNull(captor.getValue().getSnapshot());
-        assertEquals("snap_cs200", captor.getValue().getSnapshot().getName());
+        assertNull(captor.getValue().getSnapshot());
     }
 
     @Test