diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 4bb08aa16239..8927e682aef2 100755
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -3436,7 +3436,7 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
                         # Note(maoy): here we call the API instead of
                         # brutally updating the vm_state in the database
                         # to allow all the hooks and checks to be performed.
-                        self.compute_api.stop(context, db_instance)
+                        self.conductor_api.compute_stop(context, db_instance)
                     except Exception:
                         # Note(maoy): there is no need to propagate the error
                         # because the same power_state will be retrieved next
@@ -3449,7 +3449,7 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
                     LOG.warn(_("Instance is suspended unexpectedly. Calling "
                                "the stop API."), instance=db_instance)
                     try:
-                        self.compute_api.stop(context, db_instance)
+                        self.conductor_api.compute_stop(context, db_instance)
                     except Exception:
                         LOG.exception(_("error during stop() in "
                                         "sync_power_state."),
@@ -3479,7 +3479,7 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
                     try:
                         # Note(maoy): this assumes that the stop API is
                         # idempotent.
-                        self.compute_api.stop(context, db_instance)
+                        self.conductor_api.compute_stop(context, db_instance)
                     except Exception:
                         LOG.exception(_("error during stop() in "
                                         "sync_power_state."),
diff --git a/nova/conductor/api.py b/nova/conductor/api.py
index 435cc062aa62..9026eb8a2cc4 100644
--- a/nova/conductor/api.py
+++ b/nova/conductor/api.py
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ class LocalAPI(object):
     def get_ec2_ids(self, context, instance):
         return self._manager.get_ec2_ids(context, instance)
 
+    def compute_stop(self, context, instance, do_cast=True):
+        return self._manager.compute_stop(context, instance, do_cast)
+
 
 class API(object):
     """Conductor API that does updates via RPC to the ConductorManager."""
@@ -654,3 +657,6 @@ class API(object):
 
     def get_ec2_ids(self, context, instance):
         return self.conductor_rpcapi.get_ec2_ids(context, instance)
+
+    def compute_stop(self, context, instance, do_cast=True):
+        return self.conductor_rpcapi.compute_stop(context, instance, do_cast)
diff --git a/nova/conductor/manager.py b/nova/conductor/manager.py
index e8a0cbc280b7..a986b0415478 100644
--- a/nova/conductor/manager.py
+++ b/nova/conductor/manager.py
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ datetime_fields = ['launched_at', 'terminated_at']
 class ConductorManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
     """Mission: TBD."""
 
-    RPC_API_VERSION = '1.42'
+    RPC_API_VERSION = '1.43'
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(ConductorManager, self).__init__(service_name='conductor',
                                                *args, **kwargs)
         self.security_group_api = compute_api.SecurityGroupAPI()
         self._network_api = None
+        self._compute_api = None
         self.quotas = quota.QUOTAS
 
     @property
@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@ class ConductorManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
             self._network_api = network.API()
         return self._network_api
 
+    @property
+    def compute_api(self):
+        if self._compute_api is None:
+            self._compute_api = compute_api.API()
+        return self._compute_api
+
     def ping(self, context, arg):
         return jsonutils.to_primitive({'service': 'conductor', 'arg': arg})
 
@@ -406,3 +413,6 @@ class ConductorManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
                 ec2_ids['%s-id' % image_type] = ec2_id
 
         return ec2_ids
+
+    def compute_stop(self, context, instance, do_cast=True):
+        self.compute_api.stop(context, instance, do_cast)
diff --git a/nova/conductor/rpcapi.py b/nova/conductor/rpcapi.py
index d832b4f312bb..b82f2b8e1efb 100644
--- a/nova/conductor/rpcapi.py
+++ b/nova/conductor/rpcapi.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class ConductorAPI(nova.openstack.common.rpc.proxy.RpcProxy):
                  instance_floating_address_get_all, quota_commit,
                  quota_rollback
     1.42 - Added get_ec2_ids, aggregate_metadata_get_by_host
+    1.43 - Added compute_stop
     """
 
     BASE_RPC_API_VERSION = '1.0'
@@ -420,3 +421,9 @@ class ConductorAPI(nova.openstack.common.rpc.proxy.RpcProxy):
         instance_p = jsonutils.to_primitive(instance)
         msg = self.make_msg('get_ec2_ids', instance=instance_p)
         return self.call(context, msg, version='1.42')
+
+    def compute_stop(self, context, instance, do_cast=True):
+        instance_p = jsonutils.to_primitive(instance)
+        msg = self.make_msg('compute_stop', instance=instance_p,
+                            do_cast=do_cast)
+        return self.call(context, msg, version='1.43')
diff --git a/nova/tests/conductor/test_conductor.py b/nova/tests/conductor/test_conductor.py
index 41554e79a1da..ed733599b22f 100644
--- a/nova/tests/conductor/test_conductor.py
+++ b/nova/tests/conductor/test_conductor.py
@@ -580,6 +580,12 @@ class _BaseTestCase(object):
         result = self.conductor.get_ec2_ids(self.context, inst)
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
+    def test_compute_stop(self):
+        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(self.conductor_manager.compute_api, 'stop')
+        self.conductor_manager.compute_api.stop(self.context, 'instance', True)
+        self.mox.ReplayAll()
+        self.conductor.compute_stop(self.context, 'instance')
+
 
 class ConductorTestCase(_BaseTestCase, test.TestCase):
     """Conductor Manager Tests."""