diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
index 63198a420be..6f78dd43a1a 100755
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
@@ -527,6 +527,9 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
         }  catch (ConcurrentOperationException ex) {
             s_logger.warn("Exception: ", ex);
             throw new ServerApiException(ApiErrorCode.INTERNAL_ERROR, ex.getMessage());
+        } catch (ResourceAllocationException ex) {
+            s_logger.warn("Exception: ", ex);
+            throw new ServerApiException(ApiErrorCode.RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_ERROR, ex.getMessage());
         }
     }