diff --git a/src/dm/DispatchManagerActions.cc b/src/dm/DispatchManagerActions.cc
index f2d7672b8a..cc2131fb32 100644
--- a/src/dm/DispatchManagerActions.cc
+++ b/src/dm/DispatchManagerActions.cc
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ int DispatchManager::shutdown (
     NebulaLog::log("DiM",Log::DEBUG,oss);
 
     if (vm->get_state()     == VirtualMachine::ACTIVE &&
-        vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING )
+        (vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING ||
+         vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN))
     {
         Nebula&             nd  = Nebula::instance();
         LifeCycleManager *  lcm = nd.get_lcm();
@@ -228,7 +229,8 @@ int DispatchManager::undeploy(
     NebulaLog::log("DiM",Log::DEBUG,oss);
 
     if (vm->get_state()     == VirtualMachine::ACTIVE &&
-        vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING )
+        (vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING ||
+         vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN))
     {
         Nebula&             nd  = Nebula::instance();
         LifeCycleManager *  lcm = nd.get_lcm();
@@ -281,7 +283,8 @@ int DispatchManager::poweroff (
     NebulaLog::log("DiM",Log::DEBUG,oss);
 
     if (vm->get_state()     == VirtualMachine::ACTIVE &&
-        vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING )
+        (vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING ||
+         vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN))
     {
         Nebula&             nd  = Nebula::instance();
         LifeCycleManager *  lcm = nd.get_lcm();
@@ -470,7 +473,8 @@ int DispatchManager::cancel(
     NebulaLog::log("DiM",Log::DEBUG,oss);
 
     if (vm->get_state()     == VirtualMachine::ACTIVE &&
-        vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING )
+        (vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING ||
+         vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN))
     {
         Nebula&             nd  = Nebula::instance();
         LifeCycleManager *  lcm = nd.get_lcm();
diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
index 68aa441afb..4312f9057f 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::shutdown_action(int vid)
     }
 
     if (vm->get_state()     == VirtualMachine::ACTIVE &&
-        vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING)
+        (vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING ||
+         vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN))
     {
         Nebula&                 nd = Nebula::instance();
         VirtualMachineManager * vmm = nd.get_vmm();
@@ -371,7 +372,8 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::undeploy_action(int vid, bool hard)
     }
 
     if (vm->get_state()     == VirtualMachine::ACTIVE &&
-        vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING)
+        (vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING ||
+         vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN))
     {
         Nebula&                 nd = Nebula::instance();
         VirtualMachineManager * vmm = nd.get_vmm();
@@ -447,7 +449,8 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::poweroff_action(int vid, bool hard)
     }
 
     if (vm->get_state()     == VirtualMachine::ACTIVE &&
-        vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING)
+        (vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::RUNNING ||
+         vm->get_lcm_state() == VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN))
     {
         Nebula&                 nd = Nebula::instance();
         VirtualMachineManager * vmm = nd.get_vmm();