diff --git a/engine/components-api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineProfileImpl.java b/engine/components-api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineProfileImpl.java
index a1e2528d4cc..4284a218afc 100644
--- a/engine/components-api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineProfileImpl.java
+++ b/engine/components-api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineProfileImpl.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineProfileImpl implements VirtualMachineProfile {
     @Override
     public VirtualMachineTemplate getTemplate() {
         if (_template == null && _vm != null) {
-            _template = s_entityMgr.findById(VirtualMachineTemplate.class, _vm.getTemplateId());
+            _template = s_entityMgr.findByIdIncludingRemoved(VirtualMachineTemplate.class, _vm.getTemplateId());
         }
         return _template;
     }
diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
index be88b4e7e25..95026d6b208 100644
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
 
         VMInstanceVO startedVm = null;
         ServiceOfferingVO offering = _offeringDao.findById(vm.getId(), vm.getServiceOfferingId());
-        VirtualMachineTemplate template = _entityMgr.findById(VirtualMachineTemplate.class, vm.getTemplateId());
+        VirtualMachineTemplate template = _entityMgr.findByIdIncludingRemoved(VirtualMachineTemplate.class, vm.getTemplateId());
 
         if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
             s_logger.debug("Trying to deploy VM, vm has dcId: " + vm.getDataCenterId() + " and podId: " + vm.getPodIdToDeployIn());