diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py
index 22a0945b9e960cc520313e486492bcabb37a6bcd..f954e239675af1f0638b82837e080d74a2993ecc 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ class XenHypervisor(hv_base.BaseHypervisor):
     """Stop an instance.
 
     """
-    if retry:
-      return
     self._RemoveConfigFile(instance.name)
     if force:
       command = ["xm", "destroy", instance.name]