diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java
index ee2127341d3..c167e057bcd 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ public class VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl implements VirtualNetworkApplian
         List<DomainRouterVO> routerList = _routerDao.findBy(router.getAccountId(), router.getDataCenterIdToDeployIn());
         DomainRouterVO routerToBeAvoid = null;
         for (DomainRouterVO rrouter : routerList) {
-            if (rrouter.getHostId() != null && rrouter.getIsRedundantRouter()) {
+            if (rrouter.getHostId() != null && rrouter.getIsRedundantRouter() && rrouter.getState() == State.Running) {
                 if (routerToBeAvoid != null) {
                     throw new ResourceUnavailableException("There are already two redundant routers with IP " + router.getPublicIpAddress(), this.getClass(), 0);
                 }