diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
index e29cfd78fa4..6181a7d493e 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ public class ManagementServerImpl implements ManagementServer {
             } finally {
             	if(created == null) {
             		s_logger.warn("Failed to create VM, delete the DB record, vmId: " + initial.getId());
-            		_vmMgr.destroyVirtualMachine(userId, initial.getId());
+            		_vmDao.remove(initial.getId());
             	}
             }