Github user rafaelweingartner commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/1956#discussion_r102289931 --- Diff: engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java --- @@ -744,14 +744,17 @@ protected boolean checkWorkItems(final VMInstanceVO vm, final State state) throw protected <T extends VMInstanceVO> boolean changeState(final T vm, final Event event, final Long hostId, final ItWorkVO work, final Step step) throws NoTransitionException { // FIXME: We should do this better. - final Step previousStep = work.getStep(); - _workDao.updateStep(work, step); + Step previousStep = null; + if (work != null) { + previousStep = work.getStep(); --- End diff -- Can " work.getStep()" return null? I see that you add a check at line 757 `previousStep != null`. Why would we need that check there, and not need it here (line750)?
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