diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
index e3b7e3436239..36777b826989 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
 import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.MapUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.BooleanUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.cloud.agent.api.LogLevel;
 import com.cloud.event.EventTypes;
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@
 import com.cloud.uservm.UserVm;
 import com.cloud.utils.net.Dhcp;
 import com.cloud.utils.net.NetUtils;
+import com.cloud.utils.StringUtils;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine;
 import com.cloud.vm.VmDetailConstants;
 
@@ -298,6 +300,9 @@ public String getDeploymentPlanner() {
     }
 
     public String getDisplayName() {
+        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(displayName)) {
+            displayName = name;
+        }
         return displayName;
     }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/UpdateVMCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/UpdateVMCmd.java
index 2185c0428201..67a929bc6c26 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/UpdateVMCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/UpdateVMCmd.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import com.cloud.utils.StringUtils;
 import com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiArgValidator;
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ public class UpdateVMCmd extends BaseCustomIdCmd implements SecurityGroupAction,
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
     public String getDisplayName() {
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(displayName)) {
+            displayName = name;
+        }
         return displayName;
     }