diff --git a/quantum/agent/rpc.py b/quantum/agent/rpc.py
index 428dd611dd8..fad2db86655 100644
--- a/quantum/agent/rpc.py
+++ b/quantum/agent/rpc.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def __init__(self, topic):
             topic=topic, default_version=self.BASE_RPC_API_VERSION)
 
     def report_state(self, context, agent_state):
-        return self.cast(context,
+        return self.call(context,
                          self.make_msg('report_state',
                                        agent_state={'agent_state':
                                                     agent_state},