diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java b/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
index ccc005c3932..29c60698398 100755
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
     protected void advanceExpunge(VMInstanceVO vm) throws ResourceUnavailableException, OperationTimedoutException, ConcurrentOperationException {
         if (vm == null || vm.getRemoved() != null) {
             if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                s_logger.debug("Unable to find vm or vm is destroyed: " + vm);
+                s_logger.debug("Unable to find vm or vm is expunged: " + vm);
             }
             return;
         }
@@ -612,17 +612,17 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
 
         try {
             if (!stateTransitTo(vm, VirtualMachine.Event.ExpungeOperation, vm.getHostId())) {
-                s_logger.debug("Unable to destroy the vm because it is not in the correct state: " + vm);
-                throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to destroy " + vm);
+                s_logger.debug("Unable to expunge the vm because it is not in the correct state: " + vm);
+                throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to expunge " + vm);
 
             }
         } catch (final NoTransitionException e) {
-            s_logger.debug("Unable to destroy the vm because it is not in the correct state: " + vm);
-            throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to destroy " + vm, e);
+            s_logger.debug("Unable to expunge the vm because it is not in the correct state: " + vm);
+            throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to expunge " + vm, e);
         }
 
         if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            s_logger.debug("Destroying vm " + vm);
+            s_logger.debug("Expunging vm " + vm);
         }
 
         final VirtualMachineProfile profile = new VirtualMachineProfileImpl(vm);
diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_vm_life_cycle.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_vm_life_cycle.py
index a9a554e19ad..6c824c1fe7d 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_vm_life_cycle.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_vm_life_cycle.py
@@ -1011,8 +1011,37 @@ class TestSecuredVmMigration(cloudstackTestCase):
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
+        if cls.hypervisor.lower() in ["kvm"]:
+            cls.ensure_all_hosts_are_up()
         super(TestSecuredVmMigration, cls).tearDownClass()
 
+    @classmethod
+    def ensure_all_hosts_are_up(cls):
+        hosts = Host.list(
+            cls.apiclient,
+            zoneid=cls.zone.id,
+            type='Routing',
+            hypervisor='KVM'
+        )
+        for host in hosts:
+            if host.state != "Up":
+                SshClient(host.ipaddress, port=22, user=cls.hostConfig["username"], passwd=cls.hostConfig["password"]) \
+                    .execute("service cloudstack-agent stop ; \
+                              sleep 10 ; \
+                              service cloudstack-agent start")
+                interval = 5
+                retries = 10
+                while retries > -1:
+                    time.sleep(interval)
+                    restarted_host = Host.list(
+                        cls.apiclient,
+                        hostid=host.id,
+                        type='Routing'
+                    )[0]
+                    if restarted_host.state == "Up":
+                        break
+                    retries = retries - 1
+
     def setUp(self):
         self.apiclient = self.testClient.getApiClient()
         self.dbclient = self.testClient.getDbConnection()