diff --git a/tools/acrn-manager/acrn_vm_ops.c b/tools/acrn-manager/acrn_vm_ops.c
index 97230bc60..602b19d3f 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-manager/acrn_vm_ops.c
+++ b/tools/acrn-manager/acrn_vm_ops.c
@@ -171,19 +171,19 @@ static void _scan_alive_vm(void)
 
 		if (ret < 0)
 			/* unsupport query */
-			vm->state = VM_STARTED;
+			vm->state_tmp = VM_STARTED;
 		else
 			switch (ret) {
 			case VM_SUSPEND_NONE:
-				vm->state = VM_STARTED;
+				vm->state_tmp = VM_STARTED;
 				break;
 			case VM_SUSPEND_SUSPEND:
-				vm->state = VM_SUSPENDED;
+				vm->state_tmp = VM_SUSPENDED;
 				break;
 			default:
 				fprintf(stderr, "Warnning: unknow vm state:0x%lx\n",
 										vm->state);
-				vm->state = VM_STATE_UNKNOWN;
+				vm->state_tmp = VM_STATE_UNKNOWN;
 			}
 		vm->update = update_count;
 	}
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static void _scan_added_vm(void)
 			LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&vmmngr_head, vm, list);
 		}
 
-		vm->state = VM_CREATED;
+		vm->state_tmp = VM_CREATED;
 		vm->update = update_count;
 	}
 
@@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ static void _remove_dead_vm(void)
 	struct vmmngr_struct *vm, *tvm;
 
 	list_foreach_safe(vm, &vmmngr_head, list, tvm) {
-		if (vm->update == update_count)
+		if (vm->update == update_count) {
+			vm->state = vm->state_tmp;
 			continue;
+		}
 		LIST_REMOVE(vm, list);
 		printf("%s: Removed dead %s\n", __func__, vm->name);
 		free(vm);
diff --git a/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.h b/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.h
index bc05a09a2..59547b646 100644
--- a/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.h
+++ b/tools/acrn-manager/acrnctl.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct vmmngr_struct *vmmngr_find(const char *vmname);
 struct vmmngr_struct {
 	char name[MAX_NAME_LEN];
 	unsigned long state;
+	unsigned long state_tmp;
 	unsigned long update;   /* update count, remove a vm if no update for it */
 	LIST_ENTRY(vmmngr_struct) list;
 };