diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
index 458a964f2a083c4b64e2cc035947fb9437833167..31f9d14c53ea8e6e92c63cb76c768ef26f9f8324 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ class KVMHypervisor(hv_base.BaseHypervisor):
           time.sleep(self._MIGRATION_INFO_RETRY_DELAY)
         elif status == "failed" or status == "cancelled":
           if not live:
-            self._CallMonitorCommand(instance_name, 'cont')
+            self._CallMonitorCommand(instance_name, self._CONT_CMD)
           raise errors.HypervisorError("Migration %s at the kvm level" %
                                        status)
         else: