diff --git a/daemon/volumes.go b/daemon/volumes.go
index 4a5c4475b7..19bb7cab3f 100644
--- a/daemon/volumes.go
+++ b/daemon/volumes.go
@@ -246,22 +246,22 @@ func createVolumes(container *Container) error {
 					if err := archive.CopyWithTar(rootVolPath, srcPath); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
+				}
+			}
 
-					var stat syscall.Stat_t
-					if err := syscall.Stat(rootVolPath, &stat); err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-					var srcStat syscall.Stat_t
-					if err := syscall.Stat(srcPath, &srcStat); err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-					// Change the source volume's ownership if it differs from the root
-					// files that were just copied
-					if stat.Uid != srcStat.Uid || stat.Gid != srcStat.Gid {
-						if err := os.Chown(srcPath, int(stat.Uid), int(stat.Gid)); err != nil {
-							return err
-						}
-					}
+			var stat syscall.Stat_t
+			if err := syscall.Stat(rootVolPath, &stat); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var srcStat syscall.Stat_t
+			if err := syscall.Stat(srcPath, &srcStat); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			// Change the source volume's ownership if it differs from the root
+			// files that were just copied
+			if stat.Uid != srcStat.Uid || stat.Gid != srcStat.Gid {
+				if err := os.Chown(srcPath, int(stat.Uid), int(stat.Gid)); err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/integration/container_test.go b/integration/container_test.go
index 67b2783ce9..8fe52a3cd6 100644
--- a/integration/container_test.go
+++ b/integration/container_test.go
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func TestCopyVolumeUidGid(t *testing.T) {
 	defer r.Nuke()
 
 	// Add directory not owned by root
-	container1, _, _ := mkContainer(r, []string{"_", "/bin/sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /hello && touch /hello/test.txt && chown daemon.daemon /hello"}, t)
+	container1, _, _ := mkContainer(r, []string{"_", "/bin/sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /hello && touch /hello/test && chown daemon.daemon /hello"}, t)
 	defer r.Destroy(container1)
 
 	if container1.State.IsRunning() {
@@ -432,6 +432,32 @@ func TestCopyVolumeUidGid(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(stdout1, "daemon daemon") {
 		t.Fatal("Container failed to transfer uid and gid to volume")
 	}
+
+	container2, _, _ := mkContainer(r, []string{"_", "/bin/sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /hello && chown daemon.daemon /hello"}, t)
+	defer r.Destroy(container1)
+
+	if container2.State.IsRunning() {
+		t.Errorf("Container shouldn't be running")
+	}
+	if err := container2.Run(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if container2.State.IsRunning() {
+		t.Errorf("Container shouldn't be running")
+	}
+
+	img2, err := r.Commit(container2, "", "", "unit test commited image", "", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	// Test that the uid and gid is copied from the image to the volume
+	tmpDir2 := tempDir(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir2)
+	stdout2, _ := runContainer(eng, r, []string{"-v", "/hello", img2.ID, "stat", "-c", "%U %G", "/hello"}, t)
+	if !strings.Contains(stdout2, "daemon daemon") {
+		t.Fatal("Container failed to transfer uid and gid to volume")
+	}
 }
 
 // Test for #1582