diff --git a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java
index 1fe2b3f2d9c..df5e60e7a1a 100644
--- a/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java
+++ b/engine/schema/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ public class VMInstanceDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<VMInstanceVO, Long> implem
             // state is same, don't need to update
             return true;
         }
+        if(ifStateUnchanged(oldState,newState, oldHostId, newHostId)) {
+            return true;
+        }
 
         // lock the target row at beginning to avoid lock-promotion caused deadlock
         lockRow(vm.getId(), true);
@@ -503,6 +506,14 @@ public class VMInstanceDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<VMInstanceVO, Long> implem
         return result > 0;
     }
 
+    boolean ifStateUnchanged(State oldState, State newState, Long oldHostId, Long newHostId ) {
+        if (oldState == State.Stopped && newState == State.Stopped && newHostId == null && oldHostId == null) {
+            // No change , no need to update
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public List<VMInstanceVO> listByLastHostId(Long hostId) {
         SearchCriteria<VMInstanceVO> sc = AllFieldsSearch.create();
diff --git a/engine/schema/test/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImplTest.java b/engine/schema/test/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95a57ed582f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/schema/test/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package com.cloud.vm.dao;
+
+import com.cloud.utils.Pair;
+import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine;
+import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+
+import static com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine.State.Running;
+import static com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine.State.Stopped;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import com.cloud.vm.VMInstanceVO;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.mockito.Spy;
+
+/**
+ * Created by sudharma_jain on 3/2/17.
+ */
+
+public class VMInstanceDaoImplTest {
+
+    @Spy
+    VMInstanceDaoImpl vmInstanceDao = new VMInstanceDaoImpl();
+
+    @Mock
+    VMInstanceVO vm;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+        Long hostId = null;
+        when(vm.getHostId()).thenReturn(hostId);
+        when(vm.getUpdated()).thenReturn(5L);
+        when(vm.getUpdateTime()).thenReturn(DateTime.now().toDate());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateState() throws Exception {
+        Long destHostId = null;
+        Pair<Long, Long> opaqueMock = new Pair<Long, Long>(new Long(1), destHostId);
+        vmInstanceDao.updateState(Stopped, VirtualMachine.Event.FollowAgentPowerOffReport, Stopped, vm , opaqueMock);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIfStateAndHostUnchanged() throws Exception {
+        Assert.assertEquals(vmInstanceDao.ifStateUnchanged(Stopped, Stopped, null, null), true);
+        Assert.assertEquals(vmInstanceDao.ifStateUnchanged(Stopped, Running, null, null), false);
+    }
+
+}
+
+