diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/HostForMigrationResponse.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/HostForMigrationResponse.java
index 8501f71eda1..4ed0cdd8d74 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/HostForMigrationResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/HostForMigrationResponse.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package org.apache.cloudstack.api.response;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 
-import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
-
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.EntityReference;
@@ -28,6 +26,7 @@ import com.cloud.host.Host;
 import com.cloud.host.Status;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor.HypervisorType;
 import com.cloud.serializer.Param;
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
 
 @EntityReference(value = Host.class)
 public class HostForMigrationResponse extends BaseResponse {
@@ -452,6 +451,10 @@ public class HostForMigrationResponse extends BaseResponse {
         this.hypervisorVersion = hypervisorVersion;
     }
 
+    public Boolean getHaHost() {
+        return haHost;
+    }
+
     public void setHaHost(Boolean haHost) {
         this.haHost = haHost;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/dao/HostJoinDaoImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/dao/HostJoinDaoImpl.java
index f7373a7687a..de87a0a0d5f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/dao/HostJoinDaoImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/dao/HostJoinDaoImpl.java
@@ -26,16 +26,18 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants.HostDetails;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.GpuResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.HostForMigrationResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.HostResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VgpuResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.dao.ConfigurationDao;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.ha.HAResource;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.ha.dao.HAConfigDao;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.outofbandmanagement.dao.OutOfBandManagementDao;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import com.cloud.api.ApiDBUtils;
 import com.cloud.api.query.vo.HostJoinVO;
@@ -52,9 +54,6 @@ import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDaoBase;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchBuilder;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchCriteria;
 
-import org.apache.cloudstack.ha.HAResource;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.ha.dao.HAConfigDao;
-
 @Component
 public class HostJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<HostJoinVO, Long> implements HostJoinDao {
     public static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(HostJoinDaoImpl.class);
@@ -178,17 +177,13 @@ public class HostJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<HostJoinVO, Long> implements
                 hostResponse.setMemoryAllocatedPercentage(memoryAllocatedPercentage);
 
                 String hostTags = host.getTag();
-                hostResponse.setHostTags(host.getTag());
+                hostResponse.setHostTags(hostTags);
 
+                hostResponse.setHaHost(false);
                 String haTag = ApiDBUtils.getHaTag();
-                if (haTag != null && !haTag.isEmpty() && hostTags != null && !hostTags.isEmpty()) {
-                    if (haTag.equalsIgnoreCase(hostTags)) {
-                        hostResponse.setHaHost(true);
-                    } else {
-                        hostResponse.setHaHost(false);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    hostResponse.setHaHost(false);
+                if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(haTag) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(hostTags) &&
+                        haTag.equalsIgnoreCase(hostTags)) {
+                    hostResponse.setHaHost(true);
                 }
 
                 hostResponse.setHypervisorVersion(host.getHypervisorVersion());
@@ -274,12 +269,19 @@ public class HostJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<HostJoinVO, Long> implements
     @Override
     public HostResponse setHostResponse(HostResponse response, HostJoinVO host) {
         String tag = host.getTag();
-        if (tag != null) {
-            if (response.getHostTags() != null && response.getHostTags().length() > 0) {
+        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(tag)) {
+            if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(response.getHostTags())) {
                 response.setHostTags(response.getHostTags() + "," + tag);
             } else {
                 response.setHostTags(tag);
             }
+
+            if (Boolean.FALSE.equals(response.getHaHost())) {
+                String haTag = ApiDBUtils.getHaTag();
+                if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(haTag) && haTag.equalsIgnoreCase(tag)) {
+                    response.setHaHost(true);
+                }
+            }
         }
         return response;
     }
@@ -334,17 +336,13 @@ public class HostJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<HostJoinVO, Long> implements
                 hostResponse.setMemoryAllocatedBytes(mem);
 
                 String hostTags = host.getTag();
-                hostResponse.setHostTags(host.getTag());
+                hostResponse.setHostTags(hostTags);
 
+                hostResponse.setHaHost(false);
                 String haTag = ApiDBUtils.getHaTag();
-                if (haTag != null && !haTag.isEmpty() && hostTags != null && !hostTags.isEmpty()) {
-                    if (haTag.equalsIgnoreCase(hostTags)) {
-                        hostResponse.setHaHost(true);
-                    } else {
-                        hostResponse.setHaHost(false);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    hostResponse.setHaHost(false);
+                if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(haTag) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(hostTags) &&
+                        haTag.equalsIgnoreCase(hostTags)) {
+                    hostResponse.setHaHost(true);
                 }
 
                 hostResponse.setHypervisorVersion(host.getHypervisorVersion());
@@ -419,6 +417,13 @@ public class HostJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<HostJoinVO, Long> implements
             } else {
                 response.setHostTags(tag);
             }
+
+            if (Boolean.FALSE.equals(response.getHaHost())) {
+                String haTag = ApiDBUtils.getHaTag();
+                if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(haTag) && haTag.equalsIgnoreCase(tag)) {
+                    response.setHaHost(true);
+                }
+            }
         }
         return response;
     }