diff --git a/tests/tools/kopiarunner/kopia_snapshotter.go b/tests/tools/kopiarunner/kopia_snapshotter.go
index 7e7b32477..5648bb1fd 100644
--- a/tests/tools/kopiarunner/kopia_snapshotter.go
+++ b/tests/tools/kopiarunner/kopia_snapshotter.go
@@ -132,11 +132,15 @@ func (ks *KopiaSnapshotter) ConnectOrCreateFilesystem(repoPath string) error {
 // CreateSnapshot implements the Snapshotter interface, issues a kopia snapshot
 // create command on the provided source path.
 func (ks *KopiaSnapshotter) CreateSnapshot(source string) (snapID string, err error) {
-	_, errOut, err := ks.Runner.Run("snapshot", "create", parallelFlag, strconv.Itoa(parallelSetting), noProgressFlag, source)
+	stdOut, errOut, err := ks.Runner.Run("snapshot", "create", parallelFlag, strconv.Itoa(parallelSetting), noProgressFlag, source)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
+	if stdOut != "" {
+		return parseSnapID(strings.Split(stdOut, "\n"))
+	}
+
 	return parseSnapID(strings.Split(errOut, "\n"))
 }