diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/cloud/entity/api/VMEntityManagerImpl.java b/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/cloud/entity/api/VMEntityManagerImpl.java
index 567675ab053..02ffb37ba15 100644
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/cloud/entity/api/VMEntityManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/engine/cloud/entity/api/VMEntityManagerImpl.java
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ public class VMEntityManagerImpl implements VMEntityManager {
                     }
 
                     _itMgr.start(vm.getUuid(), params, plan, null);
+                } else {
+                    throw ex;
                 }
             }
         } else {