diff --git a/ui/scripts/instances.js b/ui/scripts/instances.js
index dd8933a0258..f84b5483a90 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/instances.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/instances.js
@@ -1554,8 +1554,13 @@
 								url: createURL("listVirtualMachines&id=" + args.context.instances[0].id),
 								dataType: "json",
 								async: true,
-								success: function(json) {								  
-									var jsonObj = json.listvirtualmachinesresponse.virtualmachine[0];   
+								success: function(json) {				
+                  var jsonObj;					
+                  if(json.listvirtualmachinesresponse.virtualmachine != null && json.listvirtualmachinesresponse.virtualmachine.length > 0)                  
+									  jsonObj = json.listvirtualmachinesresponse.virtualmachine[0]; 
+									else
+									  jsonObj = $.extend(args.context.instances[0], {state: "Destroyed",}); //after a regular user destroys a VM, listVirtualMachines API will no longer returns this destroyed VM to the regular user.
+																			
 									args.response.success(
 										{
 											actionFilter: vmActionfilter,