diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
index 0e70a7c2e5b..79a6161a943 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
@@ -1554,11 +1554,17 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl implements VirtualMachineManager, Listene
         }
         
         if(trackExternalChange) {
-        	if(vm.getHostId() == null || hostId != vm.getHostId()) {
-        		try {
-        			stateTransitTo(vm, VirtualMachine.Event.AgentReportMigrated, hostId);
-        		} catch (NoTransitionException e) {
-                    s_logger.warn(e.getMessage());
+        	if(serverState == State.Starting) {
+        		if(vm.getHostId() != null && vm.getHostId() != hostId) {
+        			s_logger.info("CloudStack is starting VM on host " + vm.getHostId() + ", but status report comes from a different host " + hostId + ", skip status sync for vm: " + vm.getInstanceName());
+        			return null;
+        		}
+        	}
+        	
+            if(vm.getHostId() == null || hostId != vm.getHostId()) {
+                try {
+                    stateTransitTo(vm, VirtualMachine.Event.AgentReportMigrated, hostId);
+                } catch (NoTransitionException e) {
                 }
         	}
         }