The present invention is an optimized method for the rollback of copy-on-write snapshot volumes. A method in accordance with the present invention may comprise the following steps: (a) creating a copy-on-write snapshot volume; (b) receiving a base volume write request addressed to a base volume data block; (c) executing copy-on-write operations; (d) receiving a snapshot volume rollback request; (e) disabling the copy-on-write operations; and (f) executing volume copy operations.