diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/snapshot.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/snapshot.py
index deb02d51bda17..20f417cd51858 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/snapshot.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/snapshot.py
@@ -281,8 +281,10 @@ async def do_delete(self, audit_callback, id_, options):
             }
         """
 
-        dataset = (await self.get_instance(id_))['dataset']
-        audit_callback(dataset)
+        if (task := await self.query([['id','=', id_]])):
+            audit_callback(task[0]['dataset'])
+        else:
+            audit_callback(f'Task id {id_} not found')
 
         for replication_task in await self.middleware.call('replication.query', [
             ['direction', '=', 'PUSH'],