diff --git a/src/vmm/VirtualMachineManager.cc b/src/vmm/VirtualMachineManager.cc
index 42a4d4cb99..c53baeb367 100644
--- a/src/vmm/VirtualMachineManager.cc
+++ b/src/vmm/VirtualMachineManager.cc
@@ -1456,7 +1456,8 @@ error_common:
 
 void VirtualMachineManager::timer_action()
 {
-    static int mark = 0;
+    static int mark        = 0;
+    static int timer_start = time(0);
 
     VirtualMachine *      vm;
     vector<int>           oids;
@@ -1482,6 +1483,13 @@ void VirtualMachineManager::timer_action()
     // Clear the expired monitoring records
     vmpool->clean_expired_monitoring();
 
+    // Skip monitoring the first poll_period to allow the Host monitoring to
+    // gather the VM info
+    if ( timer_start + poll_period > thetime )
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Monitor only VMs that hasn't been monitored for 'poll_period' seconds.
     rc = vmpool->get_running(oids, vm_limit, thetime - poll_period);