diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/TransportCreateSnapshotAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/TransportCreateSnapshotAction.java
index b4320f5b4f7..abd50f0785a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/TransportCreateSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/TransportCreateSnapshotAction.java
@@ -73,24 +73,14 @@ public class TransportCreateSnapshotAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<Cre
     @Override
     protected void masterOperation(final CreateSnapshotRequest request, ClusterState state,
                                    final ActionListener<CreateSnapshotResponse> listener) {
-        final String snapshotName = indexNameExpressionResolver.resolveDateMathExpression(request.snapshot());
-        SnapshotsService.SnapshotRequest snapshotRequest =
-                new SnapshotsService.SnapshotRequest(request.repository(), snapshotName, "create_snapshot [" + snapshotName + "]")
-                        .indices(request.indices())
-                        .indicesOptions(request.indicesOptions())
-                        .partial(request.partial())
-                        .settings(request.settings())
-                        .includeGlobalState(request.includeGlobalState())
-                        .masterNodeTimeout(request.masterNodeTimeout());
-        snapshotsService.createSnapshot(snapshotRequest, new SnapshotsService.CreateSnapshotListener() {
+        snapshotsService.createSnapshot(request, new SnapshotsService.CreateSnapshotListener() {
             @Override
-            public void onResponse() {
+            public void onResponse(Snapshot snapshotCreated) {
                 if (request.waitForCompletion()) {
                     snapshotsService.addListener(new SnapshotsService.SnapshotCompletionListener() {
                         @Override
                         public void onSnapshotCompletion(Snapshot snapshot, SnapshotInfo snapshotInfo) {
-                            if (snapshot.getRepository().equals(request.repository()) &&
-                                    snapshot.getSnapshotId().getName().equals(snapshotName)) {
+                            if (snapshotCreated.equals(snapshot)) {
                                 listener.onResponse(new CreateSnapshotResponse(snapshotInfo));
                                 snapshotsService.removeListener(this);
                             }
@@ -98,8 +88,7 @@ public class TransportCreateSnapshotAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<Cre
 
                         @Override
                         public void onSnapshotFailure(Snapshot snapshot, Exception e) {
-                            if (snapshot.getRepository().equals(request.repository()) &&
-                                    snapshot.getSnapshotId().getName().equals(snapshotName)) {
+                            if (snapshotCreated.equals(snapshot)) {
                                 listener.onFailure(e);
                                 snapshotsService.removeListener(this);
                             }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
index e76dde27455..153bb1fbf2f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.CollectionUtil;
 import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.create.CreateSnapshotRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterChangedEvent;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateApplier;
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
@@ -92,8 +91,8 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.SnapshotsInProgress.completed;
  * <p>
  * A typical snapshot creating process looks like this:
  * <ul>
- * <li>On the master node the {@link #createSnapshot(SnapshotRequest, CreateSnapshotListener)} is called and makes sure that no snapshots
- * is currently running and registers the new snapshot in cluster state</li>
+ * <li>On the master node the {@link #createSnapshot(CreateSnapshotRequest, CreateSnapshotListener)} is called and makes sure that
+ * no snapshot is currently running and registers the new snapshot in cluster state</li>
  * <li>When cluster state is updated
  * the {@link #beginSnapshot(ClusterState, SnapshotsInProgress.Entry, boolean, CreateSnapshotListener)} method kicks in and initializes
  * the snapshot in the repository and then populates list of shards that needs to be snapshotted in cluster state</li>
@@ -235,20 +234,20 @@ public class SnapshotsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements Clus
      * @param request  snapshot request
      * @param listener snapshot creation listener
      */
-    public void createSnapshot(final SnapshotRequest request, final CreateSnapshotListener listener) {
-        final String repositoryName = request.repositoryName;
-        final String snapshotName = request.snapshotName;
+    public void createSnapshot(final CreateSnapshotRequest request, final CreateSnapshotListener listener) {
+        final String repositoryName = request.repository();
+        final String snapshotName = indexNameExpressionResolver.resolveDateMathExpression(request.snapshot());
         validate(repositoryName, snapshotName);
         final SnapshotId snapshotId = new SnapshotId(snapshotName, UUIDs.randomBase64UUID()); // new UUID for the snapshot
         final RepositoryData repositoryData = repositoriesService.repository(repositoryName).getRepositoryData();
 
-        clusterService.submitStateUpdateTask(request.cause(), new ClusterStateUpdateTask() {
+        clusterService.submitStateUpdateTask("create_snapshot [" + snapshotName + ']', new ClusterStateUpdateTask() {
 
             private SnapshotsInProgress.Entry newSnapshot = null;
 
             @Override
             public ClusterState execute(ClusterState currentState) {
-                validate(request, currentState);
+                validate(repositoryName, snapshotName, currentState);
                 SnapshotDeletionsInProgress deletionsInProgress = currentState.custom(SnapshotDeletionsInProgress.TYPE);
                 if (deletionsInProgress != null && deletionsInProgress.hasDeletionsInProgress()) {
                     throw new ConcurrentSnapshotExecutionException(repositoryName, snapshotName,
@@ -301,16 +300,16 @@ public class SnapshotsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements Clus
     /**
      * Validates snapshot request
      *
-     * @param request snapshot request
+     * @param repositoryName repository name
+     * @param snapshotName snapshot name
      * @param state   current cluster state
      */
-    private void validate(SnapshotRequest request, ClusterState state) {
+    private void validate(String repositoryName, String snapshotName, ClusterState state) {
         RepositoriesMetaData repositoriesMetaData = state.getMetaData().custom(RepositoriesMetaData.TYPE);
-        final String repository = request.repositoryName;
-        if (repositoriesMetaData == null || repositoriesMetaData.repository(repository) == null) {
-            throw new RepositoryMissingException(repository);
+        if (repositoriesMetaData == null || repositoriesMetaData.repository(repositoryName) == null) {
+            throw new RepositoryMissingException(repositoryName);
         }
-        validate(repository, request.snapshotName);
+        validate(repositoryName, snapshotName);
     }
 
     private static void validate(final String repositoryName, final String snapshotName) {
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ public class SnapshotsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements Clus
                 logger.info("snapshot [{}] started", snapshot.snapshot());
                 if (snapshot.indices().isEmpty()) {
                     // No indices in this snapshot - we are done
-                    userCreateSnapshotListener.onResponse();
+                    userCreateSnapshotListener.onResponse(snapshot.snapshot());
                     endSnapshot(snapshot);
                     return;
                 }
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ public class SnapshotsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements Clus
                         // for processing. If client wants to wait for the snapshot completion, it can register snapshot
                         // completion listener in this method. For the snapshot completion to work properly, the snapshot
                         // should still exist when listener is registered.
-                        userCreateSnapshotListener.onResponse();
+                        userCreateSnapshotListener.onResponse(snapshot.snapshot());
 
                         // Now that snapshot completion listener is registered we can end the snapshot if needed
                         // We should end snapshot only if 1) we didn't accept it for processing (which happens when there
@@ -1544,8 +1543,10 @@ public class SnapshotsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements Clus
 
         /**
          * Called when snapshot has successfully started
+         *
+         * @param snapshot snapshot that was created
          */
-        void onResponse();
+        void onResponse(Snapshot snapshot);
 
         /**
          * Called if a snapshot operation couldn't start
@@ -1575,186 +1576,4 @@ public class SnapshotsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements Clus
 
         void onSnapshotFailure(Snapshot snapshot, Exception e);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Snapshot creation request
-     */
-    public static class SnapshotRequest {
-
-        private final String cause;
-
-        private final String repositoryName;
-
-        private final String snapshotName;
-
-        private String[] indices;
-
-        private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpen();
-
-        private boolean partial;
-
-        private Settings settings;
-
-        private boolean includeGlobalState;
-
-        private TimeValue masterNodeTimeout;
-
-        /**
-         * Constructs new snapshot creation request
-         *
-         * @param repositoryName  repository name
-         * @param snapshotName    snapshot name
-         * @param cause           cause for snapshot operation
-         */
-        public SnapshotRequest(final String repositoryName, final String snapshotName, final String cause) {
-            this.repositoryName = Objects.requireNonNull(repositoryName);
-            this.snapshotName = Objects.requireNonNull(snapshotName);
-            this.cause = Objects.requireNonNull(cause);
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Sets the list of indices to be snapshotted
-         *
-         * @param indices list of indices
-         * @return this request
-         */
-        public SnapshotRequest indices(String[] indices) {
-            this.indices = indices;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Sets repository-specific snapshot settings
-         *
-         * @param settings snapshot settings
-         * @return this request
-         */
-        public SnapshotRequest settings(Settings settings) {
-            this.settings = settings;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Set to true if global state should be stored as part of the snapshot
-         *
-         * @param includeGlobalState true if global state should be stored as part of the snapshot
-         * @return this request
-         */
-        public SnapshotRequest includeGlobalState(boolean includeGlobalState) {
-            this.includeGlobalState = includeGlobalState;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Sets master node timeout
-         *
-         * @param masterNodeTimeout master node timeout
-         * @return this request
-         */
-        public SnapshotRequest masterNodeTimeout(TimeValue masterNodeTimeout) {
-            this.masterNodeTimeout = masterNodeTimeout;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Sets the indices options
-         *
-         * @param indicesOptions indices options
-         * @return this request
-         */
-        public SnapshotRequest indicesOptions(IndicesOptions indicesOptions) {
-            this.indicesOptions = indicesOptions;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Set to true if partial snapshot should be allowed
-         *
-         * @param partial true if partial snapshots should be allowed
-         * @return this request
-         */
-        public SnapshotRequest partial(boolean partial) {
-            this.partial = partial;
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns cause for snapshot operation
-         *
-         * @return cause for snapshot operation
-         */
-        public String cause() {
-            return cause;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns the repository name
-         */
-        public String repositoryName() {
-            return repositoryName;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns the snapshot name
-         */
-        public String snapshotName() {
-            return snapshotName;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns the list of indices to be snapshotted
-         *
-         * @return the list of indices
-         */
-        public String[] indices() {
-            return indices;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns indices options
-         *
-         * @return indices options
-         */
-        public IndicesOptions indicesOptions() {
-            return indicesOptions;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns repository-specific settings for the snapshot operation
-         *
-         * @return repository-specific settings
-         */
-        public Settings settings() {
-            return settings;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns true if global state should be stored as part of the snapshot
-         *
-         * @return true if global state should be stored as part of the snapshot
-         */
-        public boolean includeGlobalState() {
-            return includeGlobalState;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns true if partial snapshot should be allowed
-         *
-         * @return true if partial snapshot should be allowed
-         */
-        public boolean partial() {
-            return partial;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns master node timeout
-         *
-         * @return master node timeout
-         */
-        public TimeValue masterNodeTimeout() {
-            return masterNodeTimeout;
-        }
-
-    }
 }
-