diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
index 011d5e8a605..513b9fad1a2 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
@@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@ public abstract class CitrixResourceBase implements ServerResource {
         }
     }
     
-    void startVM(Connection conn, Host host, VM vm, String vmName) {
+    void startVM(Connection conn, Host host, VM vm, String vmName) throws XmlRpcException {
         try {
             vm.startOn(conn, host, false, true);
         } catch (Exception e) {