diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py
index 95082f6330f859fa577c89c548ba6fe0a23bed73..83c4e362ec16adcd84c9a53e8cfbfaa0b18224f2 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ def cpuuse(dom):
 @_vir_tag
 def mem(dom):
     """Memory currently allocated."""
-    return dom.lv_dom.info()[2] * 1024
+    if dom.state == 'stopped':
+        return dom.lv_dom.info()[1] * 1024
+    else:
+        return dom.lv_dom.info()[2] * 1024
 
 
 @_vir_tag