diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 7a3f93667ef..c88400b289c 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
         if (forceStop) {
             return stopVMInternal(conn, vmName, true);
         }
-        String ret = stopVM(conn, vmName, false);
+        String ret = stopVMInternal(conn, vmName, false);
         if (ret == Script.ERR_TIMEOUT) {
             ret = stopVMInternal(conn, vmName, true);
         } else if (ret != null) {