diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
index 2f891e3750..cb47402b06 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::deploy_action(int vid)
         //                 PROLOG STATE
         //----------------------------------------------------
 
+        vm->get_requirements(cpu,mem,disk);
+
         if (hpool->add_capacity(vm->get_hid(),vm->get_oid(),cpu,mem,disk) == -1)
         {
             //The host has been deleted, move VM to FAILURE
@@ -102,8 +104,6 @@ void  LifeCycleManager::deploy_action(int vid)
 
         vmpool->update_history(vm);
 
-        vm->get_requirements(cpu,mem,disk);
-
         vm->log("LCM", Log::INFO, "New VM state is PROLOG.");
 
         //----------------------------------------------------