diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
index 8aa0c75805..ea4ef24038 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
@@ -1135,6 +1135,8 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::recover(VirtualMachine * vm, bool success)
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_POWEROFF_FAILURE:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_SUSPEND:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_SUSPEND_FAILURE:
+        case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_UNKNOWN:
+        case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_UNKNOWN_FAILURE:
             if (success)
             {
                 lcm_action = LifeCycleManager::PROLOG_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
index 324048fd63..6740a89458 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
@@ -771,6 +771,11 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::prolog_failure_action(int vid)
             vmpool->update(vm);
             break;
 
+        case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_UNKNOWN:
+            vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_UNKNOWN_FAILURE);
+            vmpool->update(vm);
+            break;
+
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_RESUME:
             vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::PROLOG_RESUME_FAILURE);
             vmpool->update(vm);
@@ -784,6 +789,7 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::prolog_failure_action(int vid)
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_FAILURE: //recover failure from failure state
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_POWEROFF_FAILURE:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_SUSPEND_FAILURE:
+        case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_UNKNOWN_FAILURE:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_RESUME_FAILURE:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_UNDEPLOY_FAILURE:
         case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_FAILURE: