diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
index 3a70c00249..b47165abd6 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
@@ -1376,6 +1376,16 @@ void LifeCycleManager::retry(VirtualMachine * vm)
             tm->trigger(TransferManager::PROLOG_MIGR, vid);
             break;
 
+        case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_POWEROFF_FAILURE:
+            vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_POWEROFF);
+
+            vmpool->update(vm);
+
+            vm->log("LCM", Log::INFO, "New VM state is PROLOG_MIGRATE_POWEROFF");
+
+            tm->trigger(TransferManager::PROLOG_MIGR, vid);
+            break;
+
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_FAILURE:
             vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::PROLOG);
 
@@ -1440,6 +1450,7 @@ void LifeCycleManager::retry(VirtualMachine * vm)
         case VirtualMachine::HOTPLUG_EPILOG_POWEROFF:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE:
+        case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_POWEROFF:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_RESUME:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_UNDEPLOY:
         case VirtualMachine::MIGRATE:
diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
index 0ec5a68f27..56d0d00284 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
@@ -900,6 +900,7 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::prolog_failure_action(int vid)
     }
     //wrong state + recover failure from failure state
     else if ( state != VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_FAILURE &&
+              state != VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_POWEROFF_FAILURE &&
               state != VirtualMachine::PROLOG_FAILURE )
     {
         vm->log("LCM",Log::ERROR,"prolog_failure_action, VM in a wrong state");
diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualMachine.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualMachine.cc
index 48830d8856..c919ac1879 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualMachine.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualMachine.cc
@@ -942,10 +942,11 @@ void VirtualMachineMigrate::request_execute(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList
         return;
     }
 
-    if((vm->get_state()     != VirtualMachine::ACTIVE)  ||
-       (vm->get_lcm_state() != VirtualMachine::RUNNING &&
-        vm->get_lcm_state() != VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN) ||
-       (vm->hasPreviousHistory() && vm->get_previous_reason() == History::NONE))
+    if((vm->hasPreviousHistory() && vm->get_previous_reason()== History::NONE)||
+       (vm->get_state() != VirtualMachine::POWEROFF &&
+        (vm->get_state() != VirtualMachine::ACTIVE ||
+         (vm->get_lcm_state() != VirtualMachine::RUNNING &&
+          vm->get_lcm_state() != VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN))))
     {
         failure_response(ACTION,
                 request_error("Wrong state to perform action",""),
@@ -966,7 +967,6 @@ void VirtualMachineMigrate::request_execute(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList
     }
 
     // Check we are not migrating to the same host
-
     c_hid = vm->get_hid();
 
     if (c_hid == hid)
@@ -1009,7 +1009,6 @@ void VirtualMachineMigrate::request_execute(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList
     }
 
     // Check we are in the same cluster
-
     Host * host = nd.get_hpool()->get(c_hid, true);
 
     if (host == 0)