diff --git a/dcorch/engine/sync_services/identity.py b/dcorch/engine/sync_services/identity.py
index 6a6a45d76..9e1cd7beb 100644
--- a/dcorch/engine/sync_services/identity.py
+++ b/dcorch/engine/sync_services/identity.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from dcdbsync.dbsyncclient import exceptions as dbsync_exceptions
 from dcorch.common import consts
 from dcorch.common import exceptions
 from dcorch.engine.sync_thread import SyncThread
+from dcorch.objects import resource
 
 from keystoneauth1 import exceptions as keystone_exceptions
 from keystoneclient import client as keystoneclient
@@ -1404,6 +1405,7 @@ class IdentitySyncThread(SyncThread):
         return (m.id == sc.id and
                 m.domain_id == sc.domain_id and
                 m.name == sc.name and
+                m.description == sc.description and
                 m.extra == sc.extra)
 
     def _has_same_role_ids(self, m, sc):
@@ -1629,7 +1631,19 @@ class IdentitySyncThread(SyncThread):
             if self.has_same_ids(resource_type, m_r, sc_r):
                 LOG.info("Mapping resource {} to existing subcloud resource {}"
                          .format(m_r, sc_r), extra=self.log_extra)
-                self.persist_db_subcloud_resource(m_rsrc_db.id,
+                # If the resource is not even in master cloud resource DB,
+                # create it first.
+                rsrc = m_rsrc_db
+                if not rsrc:
+                    master_id = self.get_resource_id(resource_type, m_r)
+                    rsrc = resource.Resource(
+                        self.ctxt, resource_type=resource_type,
+                        master_id=master_id)
+                    rsrc.create()
+                    LOG.info("Resource created in DB {}/{}/{}".format(
+                        rsrc.id, resource_type, master_id))
+
+                self.persist_db_subcloud_resource(rsrc.id,
                                                   self.get_resource_id(
                                                       resource_type,
                                                       sc_r))
diff --git a/dcorch/engine/sync_services/network.py b/dcorch/engine/sync_services/network.py
index 76e3e263d..8de4f08cb 100644
--- a/dcorch/engine/sync_services/network.py
+++ b/dcorch/engine/sync_services/network.py
@@ -354,7 +354,19 @@ class NetworkSyncThread(SyncThread):
                     LOG.info(
                         "Mapping resource {} to existing subcloud resource {}"
                         .format(m_r, sc_r), extra=self.log_extra)
-                    self.persist_db_subcloud_resource(m_rsrc_db.id,
+                    # If the resource is not even in master cloud resource DB,
+                    # create it first.
+                    rsrc = m_rsrc_db
+                    if not rsrc:
+                        master_id = self.get_resource_id(resource_type, m_r)
+                        rsrc = resource.Resource(
+                            self.ctxt, resource_type=resource_type,
+                            master_id=master_id)
+                        rsrc.create()
+                        LOG.info("Resource created in DB {}/{}/{}".format(
+                            rsrc.id, resource_type, master_id))
+
+                    self.persist_db_subcloud_resource(rsrc.id,
                                                       sc_r['id'])
                     return True
         return False
diff --git a/dcorch/engine/sync_thread.py b/dcorch/engine/sync_thread.py
index 5634fa39f..8527343a2 100644
--- a/dcorch/engine/sync_thread.py
+++ b/dcorch/engine/sync_thread.py
@@ -564,6 +564,14 @@ class SyncThread(object):
                 LOG.info("{} not found in DB, will create it"
                          .format(master_id),
                          extra=self.log_extra)
+                # Check and see if there are any subcloud resources that
+                # match the master resource, and if so set up mappings.
+                # This returns true if it finds a match.
+                # This is for the case where the resource is not even in dcorch
+                # resource DB (ie, resource has not been tracked by dcorch yet)
+                if self.map_subcloud_resource(resource_type, m_r,
+                                              m_rsrc_db, sc_resources):
+                    continue
                 missing_resource = True
 
             if missing_resource: