diff --git a/bin/nova-manage b/bin/nova-manage
index c9cf4266d..c3b2c71ce 100755
--- a/bin/nova-manage
+++ b/bin/nova-manage
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class VpnCommands(object):
                 print address,
                 print vpn['host'],
                 print ec2utils.id_to_ec2_id(vpn['id']),
-                print vpn['state_description'],
+                print vpn['vm_state'],
                 print state
             else:
                 print None
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ class VmCommands(object):
                 instance['hostname'],
                 instance['host'],
                 instance['instance_type'].name,
-                instance['state_description'],
+                instance['vm_state'],
                 instance['launched_at'],
                 instance['image_ref'],
                 instance['kernel_id'],
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ class VsaCommands(object):
                     type=vc['instance_type']['name'],
                     fl_ip=floating_addr,
                     fx_ip=fixed_addr,
-                    stat=vc['state_description'],
+                    stat=vc['vm_state'],
                     host=vc['host'],
                     time=str(vc['created_at']))
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
index 6a213b4f0..8c6775b29 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from nova import test
 from nova import utils
 from nova.api.ec2 import cloud
 from nova.compute import power_state
+from nova.compute import vm_states
 from nova.virt.libvirt import connection
 from nova.virt.libvirt import firewall
 
@@ -674,8 +675,9 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         # Preparing data
         self.compute = utils.import_object(FLAGS.compute_manager)
-        instance_dict = {'host': 'fake', 'state': power_state.RUNNING,
-                         'state_description': 'running'}
+        instance_dict = {'host': 'fake',
+                         'power_state': power_state.RUNNING,
+                         'vm_state': vm_states.ACTIVE}
         instance_ref = db.instance_create(self.context, self.test_instance)
         instance_ref = db.instance_update(self.context, instance_ref['id'],
                                           instance_dict)
@@ -713,8 +715,8 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.TestCase):
                       self.compute.rollback_live_migration)
 
         instance_ref = db.instance_get(self.context, instance_ref['id'])
-        self.assertTrue(instance_ref['state_description'] == 'running')
-        self.assertTrue(instance_ref['state'] == power_state.RUNNING)
+        self.assertTrue(instance_ref['vm_state'] == vm_states.ACTIVE)
+        self.assertTrue(instance_ref['power_state'] == power_state.RUNNING)
         volume_ref = db.volume_get(self.context, volume_ref['id'])
         self.assertTrue(volume_ref['status'] == 'in-use')