diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 5ebc61a8c38..261309fe627 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -1888,7 +1888,8 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, Manager
         if (status) {
         	return _vmDao.findById(vmId);
         } else {
-        	throw new CloudRuntimeException("Failed to reboot vm with id: " + vmId);
+        	s_logger.warn("Failed to reboot vm with id: " + vmId);
+        	return null;
         }
 	}