diff --git a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
index 20ea5378e2..66ecb12a4b 100644
--- a/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
+++ b/src/lcm/LifeCycleActions.cc
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ void LifeCycleManager::retry(VirtualMachine * vm)
             }
             else
             {
-                vmm->trigger(VirtualMachineManager::CNCEL,vid);
+                vmm->trigger(VirtualMachineManager::CANCEL,vid);
             }
             break;