diff --git a/src/dm/DispatchManagerStates.cc b/src/dm/DispatchManagerStates.cc
index 698e98fc97..cb6f33edb0 100644
--- a/src/dm/DispatchManagerStates.cc
+++ b/src/dm/DispatchManagerStates.cc
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ void  DispatchManager::resubmit_action(int vid)
 
         vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::PENDING);
 
+        vm->set_deploy_id(""); //reset the deploy-id
+
         vmpool->update(vm);
 
         vm->unlock();