diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
index 9ae83d8725..af4837bf7a 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
@@ -269,6 +269,18 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::migrate_action(int vid)
         else //VirtualMachine::UNKNOWN
         {
             vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_UNKNOWN);
+
+            vm->set_previous_running_etime(the_time);
+
+            vm->set_previous_etime(the_time);
+
+            vm->set_previous_action(History::MIGRATE_ACTION);
+
+            vm->set_previous_reason(History::USER);
+
+            vm->set_previous_vm_info();
+
+            vmpool->update_previous_history(vm);
         }
 
         vm->set_state(VirtualMachine::ACTIVE);
@@ -344,9 +356,11 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::live_migrate_action(int vid)
 
         vm->set_stime(time(0));
 
+        vmpool->update_history(vm);
+
         vm->set_previous_action(History::LIVE_MIGRATE_ACTION);
 
-        vmpool->update_history(vm);
+        vmpool->update_previous_history(vm);
 
         vm->get_requirements(cpu, mem, disk, pci);
 
diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
index 16b85b720c..04fef064ec 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleStates.cc
@@ -683,11 +683,7 @@ void LifeCycleManager::prolog_success_action(int vid)
                     break;
 
                 case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_UNKNOWN:
-                case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_UNKNOWN_FAILURE: //recover success
-                    vm->set_previous_reason(History::USER);
-                    vm->set_previous_action(History::MIGRATE_ACTION);
-                    vmpool->update_previous_history(vm);
-
+                case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_MIGRATE_UNKNOWN_FAILURE:
                 case VirtualMachine::PROLOG:
                 case VirtualMachine::PROLOG_FAILURE: //recover success
                     action = VirtualMachineManager::DEPLOY;
@@ -736,6 +732,7 @@ void LifeCycleManager::prolog_success_action(int vid)
             vm->set_vm_info();
 
             vm->set_reason(History::USER);
+
             vm->set_action(History::MIGRATE_ACTION);
 
             vmpool->update_history(vm);