diff --git a/pkg/apis/compute/guest_const.go b/pkg/apis/compute/guest_const.go
index d80e610a7c..a1f7cc8654 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/compute/guest_const.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/compute/guest_const.go
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ const (
 
 	VM_SYNC_ISOLATED_DEVICE_FAILED = "sync_isolated_device_failed"
 
-	VM_QGA_SET_PASSWORD      = "qga_set_password"
-	VM_QGA_COMMAND_EXECUTING = "qga_command_executing"
+	VM_QGA_SET_PASSWORD        = "qga_set_password"
+	VM_QGA_COMMAND_EXECUTING   = "qga_command_executing"
+	VM_QGA_EXEC_COMMAND_FAILED = "qga_exec_command_failed"
 
 	SHUTDOWN_STOP      = "stop"
 	SHUTDOWN_TERMINATE = "terminate"
diff --git a/pkg/compute/tasks/guest_qga_reset_password_task.go b/pkg/compute/tasks/guest_qga_reset_password_task.go
index ec580ac6a8..b951fca872 100644
--- a/pkg/compute/tasks/guest_qga_reset_password_task.go
+++ b/pkg/compute/tasks/guest_qga_reset_password_task.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (self *SGuestQgaBaseTask) guestPing(ctx context.Context, guest *models.SGue
 }
 
 func (self *SGuestQgaBaseTask) taskFailed(ctx context.Context, guest *models.SGuest, reason string) {
-	guest.SetStatus(self.UserCred, api.VM_RUNNING, "on qga set user password failed")
+	guest.SetStatus(self.UserCred, api.VM_QGA_EXEC_COMMAND_FAILED, reason)
 	guest.UpdateQgaStatus(api.QGA_STATUS_EXECUTE_FAILED)
 	db.OpsLog.LogEvent(guest, db.ACT_SET_USER_PASSWORD_FAIL, reason, self.UserCred)
 	logclient.AddActionLogWithContext(ctx, guest, logclient.ACT_SET_USER_PASSWORD, reason, self.UserCred, false)