diff --git a/include/migration/snapshot.h b/include/migration/snapshot.h
index d7d210820c..d8c22d343c 100644
--- a/include/migration/snapshot.h
+++ b/include/migration/snapshot.h
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@
 /**
  * save_snapshot: Save an internal snapshot.
  * @name: name of internal snapshot
+ * @overwrite: replace existing snapshot with @name
  * @errp: pointer to error object
  * On success, return %true.
  * On failure, store an error through @errp and return %false.
  */
-bool save_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp);
+bool save_snapshot(const char *name, bool overwrite, Error **errp);
 
 /**
  * load_snapshot: Load an internal snapshot.
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index a2a842d067..0ae8e4798c 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -2764,7 +2764,7 @@ int qemu_load_device_state(QEMUFile *f)
     return 0;
 }
 
-bool save_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
+bool save_snapshot(const char *name, bool overwrite, Error **errp)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
     QEMUSnapshotInfo sn1, *sn = &sn1;
@@ -2792,8 +2792,21 @@ bool save_snapshot(const char *name, Error **errp)
 
     /* Delete old snapshots of the same name */
     if (name) {
-        if (bdrv_all_delete_snapshot(name, false, NULL, errp) < 0) {
-            return false;
+        if (overwrite) {
+            if (bdrv_all_delete_snapshot(name, false, NULL, errp) < 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            ret2 = bdrv_all_has_snapshot(name, false, NULL, errp);
+            if (ret2 < 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (ret2 == 1) {
+                error_setg(errp,
+                           "Snapshot '%s' already exists in one or more devices",
+                           name);
+                return false;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index f795261f77..1fff33f14a 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ void hmp_savevm(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
 
-    save_snapshot(qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "name"), &err);
+    save_snapshot(qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "name"), true, &err);
     hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
 }
 
diff --git a/replay/replay-debugging.c b/replay/replay-debugging.c
index 098ef8e0f5..0ae6785b3b 100644
--- a/replay/replay-debugging.c
+++ b/replay/replay-debugging.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ void replay_gdb_attached(void)
      */
     if (replay_mode == REPLAY_MODE_PLAY
         && !replay_snapshot) {
-        if (!save_snapshot("start_debugging", NULL)) {
+        if (!save_snapshot("start_debugging", true, NULL)) {
             /* Can't create the snapshot. Continue conventional debugging. */
         }
     }
diff --git a/replay/replay-snapshot.c b/replay/replay-snapshot.c
index b289365937..31c5a8702b 100644
--- a/replay/replay-snapshot.c
+++ b/replay/replay-snapshot.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void replay_vmstate_init(void)
 
     if (replay_snapshot) {
         if (replay_mode == REPLAY_MODE_RECORD) {
-            if (!save_snapshot(replay_snapshot, &err)) {
+            if (!save_snapshot(replay_snapshot, true, &err)) {
                 error_report_err(err);
                 error_report("Could not create snapshot for icount record");
                 exit(1);