diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java b/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
index 340a3e2e99d..2fa44b1d308 100755
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
@@ -2849,6 +2849,8 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
                 _networkMgr.commitNicForMigration(vmSrc, profile);
                 volumeMgr.release(vm.getId(), srcHostId);
                 _networkMgr.setHypervisorHostname(profile, dest, true);
+
+                updateVmPod(vm, dstHostId);
             }
 
             work.setStep(Step.Done);
@@ -2856,6 +2858,14 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
         }
     }
 
+    private void updateVmPod(VMInstanceVO vm, long dstHostId) {
+        // update the VMs pod
+        HostVO host = _hostDao.findById(dstHostId);
+        VMInstanceVO newVm = _vmDao.findById(vm.getId());
+        newVm.setPodIdToDeployIn(host.getPodId());
+        _vmDao.persist(newVm);
+    }
+
     /**
      * We create the mapping of volumes and storage pool to migrate the VMs according to the information sent by the user.
      * If the user did not enter a complete mapping, the volumes that were left behind will be auto mapped using {@link #createStoragePoolMappingsForVolumes(VirtualMachineProfile, DataCenterDeployment, Map, List)}
@@ -4583,6 +4593,8 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
                 }
             } else {
                 _networkMgr.setHypervisorHostname(profile, dest, true);
+
+                updateVmPod(vm, dstHostId);
             }
 
             work.setStep(Step.Done);