diff --git a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
index 8bcc2bf0..3f16bcd3 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
@@ -1888,6 +1888,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
 	    node => get_standard_option('pve-node'),
 	    vmid => get_standard_option('pve-vmid'),
 	    skiplock => get_standard_option('skiplock'),
+	    nocheck => { type => 'boolean', optional => 1 },
+
 	},
     },
     returns => {
@@ -1908,14 +1910,16 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
 	raise_param_exc({ skiplock => "Only root may use this option." })
 	    if $skiplock && $authuser ne 'root@pam';
 
-	die "VM $vmid not running\n" if !PVE::QemuServer::check_running($vmid);
+	my $nocheck = extract_param($param, 'nocheck');
+
+	die "VM $vmid not running\n" if !PVE::QemuServer::check_running($vmid, $nocheck);
 
 	my $realcmd = sub {
 	    my $upid = shift;
 
 	    syslog('info', "resume VM $vmid: $upid\n");
 
-	    PVE::QemuServer::vm_resume($vmid, $skiplock);
+	    PVE::QemuServer::vm_resume($vmid, $skiplock, $nocheck);
 
 	    return;
 	};
diff --git a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
index 264a2a76..a1ee10ab 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuMigrate.pm
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ sub phase3_cleanup {
 
     if ($self->{livemigration}) {
 	# now that config file is move, we can resume vm on target if livemigrate
-	my $cmd = [@{$self->{rem_ssh}}, 'qm', 'resume', $vmid, '--skiplock'];
+	my $cmd = [@{$self->{rem_ssh}}, 'qm', 'resume', $vmid, '--skiplock', '--nocheck'];
 	eval{ PVE::Tools::run_command($cmd, outfunc => sub {}, 
 		errfunc => sub {
 		    my $line = shift;
diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 33b3a127..047cf977 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -4615,15 +4615,21 @@ sub vm_suspend {
 }
 
 sub vm_resume {
-    my ($vmid, $skiplock) = @_;
+    my ($vmid, $skiplock, $nocheck) = @_;
 
     lock_config($vmid, sub {
 
-	my $conf = load_config($vmid);
+	if (!$nocheck) {
 
-	check_lock($conf) if !($skiplock || ($conf->{lock} && $conf->{lock} eq 'backup'));
+	    my $conf = load_config($vmid);
 
-	vm_mon_cmd($vmid, "cont");
+	    check_lock($conf) if !($skiplock || ($conf->{lock} && $conf->{lock} eq 'backup'));
+
+	    vm_mon_cmd($vmid, "cont");
+
+	} else {
+	    vm_mon_cmd_nocheck($vmid, "cont");
+	}
     });
 }