diff --git a/ocaml/xapi/message_forwarding.ml b/ocaml/xapi/message_forwarding.ml
index 1d7832661a..9589c6c4c1 100644
--- a/ocaml/xapi/message_forwarding.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xapi/message_forwarding.ml
@@ -1302,6 +1302,9 @@ module Forward = functor(Local: Custom_actions.CUSTOM_ACTIONS) -> struct
       let local_fn = Local.VM.hard_shutdown ~vm in
       with_vm_operation ~__context ~self:vm ~doc:"VM.hard_shutdown" ~op:`hard_shutdown
 	(fun () ->
+		 List.iter (fun (task,op) ->
+			 if op = `clean_shutdown then
+				 try Local.Task.cancel ~__context ~task:(Ref.of_string task) with _ -> () )(Db.VM.get_current_operations ~__context ~self:vm);
 	   (* If VM is actually suspended and we ask to hard_shutdown, we need to
 	      forward to any host that can see the VDIs *)
 	   let policy = 
@@ -1343,6 +1346,9 @@ module Forward = functor(Local: Custom_actions.CUSTOM_ACTIONS) -> struct
       let local_fn = Local.VM.hard_reboot ~vm in
       with_vm_operation ~__context ~self:vm ~doc:"VM.hard_reboot" ~op:`hard_reboot
 	(fun () ->
+		 List.iter (fun (task,op) ->
+			 if op = `clean_reboot then
+				 try Local.Task.cancel ~__context ~task:(Ref.of_string task) with _ -> () )(Db.VM.get_current_operations ~__context ~self:vm);
 	   with_vbds_marked ~__context ~vm ~doc:"VM.hard_reboot" ~op:`attach
 	     (fun vbds ->
 		with_vifs_marked ~__context ~vm ~doc:"VM.hard_reboot" ~op:`attach