diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
index 92408521bc..a6bb485db0 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::epilog_failure_action(int vid)
     }
     //wrong state + recover failure from failure state
     else if ( state != VirtualMachine::EPILOG_FAILURE &&
-              state != VirtualMachine::EPILOG_STOP_FAILURE &&
+              state != VirtualMachine::EPILOG_UNDEPLOY_FAILURE &&
               state != VirtualMachine::EPILOG_STOP_FAILURE )
     {
         vm->log("LCM",Log::ERROR,"epilog_failure_action, VM in a wrong state");