diff --git a/engine/storage/image/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/TemplateServiceImpl.java b/engine/storage/image/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/TemplateServiceImpl.java
index c040e1a7ad69..6c4fcab2f174 100644
--- a/engine/storage/image/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/TemplateServiceImpl.java
+++ b/engine/storage/image/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/TemplateServiceImpl.java
@@ -532,6 +532,11 @@ public void handleTemplateSync(DataStore store) {
                                 s_logger.info("Skip downloading template " + tmplt.getUniqueName() + " since no url is specified.");
                                 continue;
                             }
+                            // if this is private template, skip sync to a new image store
+                            if (isSkipTemplateStoreDownload(tmplt, zoneId)) {
+                                s_logger.info("Skip sync downloading private template " + tmplt.getUniqueName() + " to a new image store");
+                                continue;
+                            }
 
                             // if this is a region store, and there is already an DOWNLOADED entry there without install_path information, which
                             // means that this is a duplicate entry from migration of previous NFS to staging.