diff --git a/gns3server/compute/virtualbox/virtualbox_vm.py b/gns3server/compute/virtualbox/virtualbox_vm.py
index 77e3e676..133a83e5 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/virtualbox/virtualbox_vm.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/virtualbox/virtualbox_vm.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class VirtualBoxVM(BaseNode):
     async def _refresh_vm_uuid(self):
 
         vm_info = await self._get_vm_info()
-        self._uuid = vm_info.get("UUID")
+        self._uuid = vm_info.get("UUID", self._uuid)
         if not self._uuid:
             raise VirtualBoxError("Could not find any UUID for VM '{}'".format(self._vmname))
         if "memory" in vm_info: