diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 6966717b..0103386e 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -2750,6 +2750,8 @@ sub vmstatus {
 
     foreach my $vmid (keys %$list) {
 	next if $opt_vmid && ($vmid ne $opt_vmid);
+	next if !$res->{$vmid}->{pid}; #not running
+
 	# we can't use the $qmpclient since it might have already aborted on
 	# 'query-balloon', but this might also fail for older versions...
 	my $qemu_support = eval { mon_cmd($vmid, "query-proxmox-support") };