diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index e0d34c1f861..8b266b94817 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -2364,6 +2364,11 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, Vir
                 List<Backup> backupsForVm = backupDao.listByVmId(vm.getDataCenterId(), vm.getId());
                 if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(backupsForVm)) {
                     backupManager.removeVMFromBackupOffering(vm.getId(), true);
+                } else {
+                    throw new CloudRuntimeException(String.format("This VM [uuid: %s, name: %s] has a "
+                            + "Backup Offering [id: %s, external id: %s] with %s backups. Please, remove the backup offering "
+                            + "before proceeding to VM exclusion!", vm.getUuid(), vm.getInstanceName(), vm.getBackupOfferingId(),
+                            vm.getBackupExternalId(), backupsForVm.size()));
                 }
             }