diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
index dec6150d58d..3426a0a1be3 100644
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
                 // unregister the VM from the source host and cleanup the associated VM files.
                 if (vm.getHypervisorType().equals(HypervisorType.VMware)) {
                     final Long destClusterId = destPool.getClusterId();
-                    if (srcClusterId != null && destClusterId != null && srcClusterId != destClusterId) {
+                    if (srcClusterId != null && destClusterId != null && ! srcClusterId.equals(destClusterId)) {
                         final String srcDcName = _clusterDetailsDao.getVmwareDcName(srcClusterId);
                         final String destDcName = _clusterDetailsDao.getVmwareDcName(destClusterId);
                         if (srcDcName != null && destDcName != null && !srcDcName.equals(destDcName)) {