diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/allocator/impl/UserConcentratedAllocator.java b/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/allocator/impl/UserConcentratedAllocator.java
index 2236689c049..cab971738e1 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/allocator/impl/UserConcentratedAllocator.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/allocator/impl/UserConcentratedAllocator.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class UserConcentratedAllocator implements PodAllocator {
         }
         
         if (availablePods.size() == 0) {
-            s_logger.debug("There are no pods with enough memory/CPU capacity in zone" + zone.getName());
+            s_logger.debug("There are no pods with enough memory/CPU capacity in zone " + zone.getName());
             return null;
         } else {
         	// Return a random pod
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index c183ba9eceb..6e724f2a5b3 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -1511,6 +1511,10 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager {
                 podsToAvoid.add(pod.first().getId());
             }
 
+            if(pod == null){
+                throw new ResourceAllocationException("Create VM " + ((vm == null) ? vmId : vm.toString()) + " failed. There are no pods with enough CPU/memory");
+            }
+            
             if ((vm == null) || (poolid == 0)) {
                 throw new ResourceAllocationException("Create VM " + ((vm == null) ? vmId : vm.toString()) + " failed due to no Storage Pool is available");
             }