diff --git a/pkg/compute/guestdrivers/aws.go b/pkg/compute/guestdrivers/aws.go
index 1d50455754..471bdbeeee 100644
--- a/pkg/compute/guestdrivers/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/compute/guestdrivers/aws.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (self *SAwsGuestDriver) ValidateResizeDisk(guest *models.SGuest, disk *mode
 }
 
 func (self *SAwsGuestDriver) GetGuestInitialStateAfterCreate() string {
-	return models.VM_READY
+	return models.VM_RUNNING
 }
 
 func (self *SAwsGuestDriver) GetGuestInitialStateAfterRebuild() string {