diff --git a/tacker/db/vnfm/vnfm_db.py b/tacker/db/vnfm/vnfm_db.py
index b2e7aa64f..6ca2041eb 100644
--- a/tacker/db/vnfm/vnfm_db.py
+++ b/tacker/db/vnfm/vnfm_db.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class VNFMPluginDb(vnfm.VNFMPluginBase, db_base.CommonDbMixin):
         self._cos_db_plg.create_event(
             context, res_id=vnfd_dict['id'],
             res_type=constants.RES_TYPE_VNFD,
-            res_state=constants.RES_EVT_VNFD_NA_STATE,
+            res_state=constants.RES_EVT_VNFD_ONBOARDED,
             evt_type=constants.RES_EVT_CREATE,
             tstamp=vnfd_dict[constants.RES_EVT_CREATED_FLD])
         return vnfd_dict
diff --git a/tacker/plugins/common/constants.py b/tacker/plugins/common/constants.py
index e65d4a6fd..b590eb4ae 100644
--- a/tacker/plugins/common/constants.py
+++ b/tacker/plugins/common/constants.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ RES_EVT_UPDATE = "UPDATE"
 RES_EVT_MONITOR = "MONITOR"
 RES_EVT_SCALE = "SCALE"
 RES_EVT_VNFD_NA_STATE = "Not Applicable"
+RES_EVT_VNFD_ONBOARDED = "OnBoarded"
 
 RES_EVT_CREATED_FLD = "created_at"
 RES_EVT_DELETED_FLD = "deleted_at"
diff --git a/tacker/tests/unit/vm/test_plugin.py b/tacker/tests/unit/vm/test_plugin.py
index 5d2da2c20..4bddd3aed 100644
--- a/tacker/tests/unit/vm/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tacker/tests/unit/vm/test_plugin.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class TestVNFMPlugin(db_base.SqlTestCase):
         mock_update_imports.assert_called_once_with(yaml_dict)
         self._cos_db_plugin.create_event.assert_called_once_with(
             self.context, evt_type=constants.RES_EVT_CREATE, res_id=mock.ANY,
-            res_state=constants.RES_EVT_VNFD_NA_STATE,
+            res_state=constants.RES_EVT_VNFD_ONBOARDED,
             res_type=constants.RES_TYPE_VNFD, tstamp=mock.ANY)
 
     def test_create_vnfd_no_service_types(self):