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 d9117703751..fe1829853b4 100755
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
@@ -4573,12 +4573,12 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
                 throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to scale vm due to " + (reconfigureAnswer == null ? "" : reconfigureAnswer.getDetails()));
             }
 
+            upgradeVmDb(vm.getId(), newServiceOffering, oldServiceOffering);
+
             if (vm.getType().equals(VirtualMachine.Type.User)) {
                 _userVmMgr.generateUsageEvent(vm, vm.isDisplayVm(), EventTypes.EVENT_VM_DYNAMIC_SCALE);
             }
 
-            upgradeVmDb(vm.getId(), newServiceOffering, oldServiceOffering);
-
             if (reconfiguringOnExistingHost) {
                 vm.setServiceOfferingId(oldServiceOffering.getId());
                 _capacityMgr.releaseVmCapacity(vm, false, false, vm.getHostId());