diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 3df05e04c4a..dac4acf1826 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -3683,7 +3683,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, Vir
             return vm;
         }
 
-        if ((vm.getState() != State.Destroyed) && (vm.getState() != State.Expunging)) {
+        if (!(vm.getState() == State.Destroyed || vm.getState() == State.Expunging || vm.getState() == State.Error)) {
             CloudRuntimeException ex = new CloudRuntimeException("Please destroy vm with specified vmId before expunge");
             ex.addProxyObject(String.valueOf(vmId), "vmId");
             throw ex;