diff --git a/app/models/service.rb b/app/models/service.rb
index df6934320f4..583fd912ba7 100644
--- a/app/models/service.rb
+++ b/app/models/service.rb
@@ -218,10 +218,6 @@ def composite?
     children.present?
   end
 
-  def retireable?
-    type.present?
-  end
-
   def atomic?
     children.empty?
   end
diff --git a/app/models/service_retire_task.rb b/app/models/service_retire_task.rb
index a9a7435c3cb..2241f02470f 100644
--- a/app/models/service_retire_task.rb
+++ b/app/models/service_retire_task.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def task_active
 
   def after_request_task_create
     update_attributes(:description => get_description)
-    parent_svc = Service.find_by(:id => options[:src_ids])
+    parent_svc = Service.find_by(:id => options[:src_id] || options[:src_ids])
     _log.info("- creating service tasks for service <#{self.class.name}:#{id}>")
     create_retire_subtasks(parent_svc, self)
   end
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ def create_retire_subtasks(parent_service, parent_task)
       # Initial Options[:dialog] to an empty hash so we do not pass down dialog values to child services tasks
       nh['options'][:dialog] = {}
       new_task = create_task(svc_rsc, parent_service, nh, parent_task)
-      create_retire_subtasks(svc_rsc.resource, new_task) if svc_rsc.resource.kind_of?(Service)
+      create_retire_subtasks(svc_rsc.resource, parent_task) if svc_rsc.resource.kind_of?(Service)
+      new_task.after_request_task_create
       miq_request.miq_request_tasks << new_task
       new_task.tap(&:deliver_to_automate)
     end.compact!