diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/MauriceMoss.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/MauriceMoss.java
index d08a5145f3a..6faed9b5f6c 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/MauriceMoss.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/MauriceMoss.java
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ public class MauriceMoss implements VmManager, ClusterManagerListener {
             return true;
         }
         
-        if (state == State.Creating || state == State.Destroyed || state == State.Expunging) {
+        if (state == State.Creating || state == State.Destroyed || state == State.Expunging || state == State.Error) {
             s_logger.warn("Stopped called on " + vm.toString() + " but the state is " + state.toString());
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index f178fbb1c7e..8613ad4ee17 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, VirtualM
             return true;
         }
         
-        if (state == State.Creating || state == State.Destroyed || state == State.Expunging) {
+        if (state == State.Creating || state == State.Destroyed || state == State.Expunging || state == State.Error) {
         	s_logger.warn("Stopped called on " + vm.toString() + " but the state is " + state.toString());
         	return true;
         }