diff --git a/azurerm/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_instance.go b/azurerm/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_instance.go
index b1152cface235..087186e201997 100644
--- a/azurerm/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_instance.go
+++ b/azurerm/internal/services/compute/virtual_machine_instance.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func shouldBootVirtualMachine(instanceView compute.VirtualMachineInstanceView) b
 			case "deallocating":
 			case "deallocated":
 			case "stopped":
+			case "stopping":
 				return true
 			}
 		}