diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java
index ddfbd4baca8..f65677ec41f 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ public class VMInstanceDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<VMInstanceVO, Long> implem
     	
     	ub.set(vmi, "state", newState);
     	ub.set(vmi, "hostId", hostId);
+    	ub.set(vmi, "podIdToDeployIn", vmi.getPodIdToDeployIn());
     	ub.set(vmi, _updateTimeAttr, new Date());
 
     	int result = update(vmi, sc);