diff --git a/vmm/src/vm.rs b/vmm/src/vm.rs
index ed8704c87..7a4068a38 100755
--- a/vmm/src/vm.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/vm.rs
@@ -608,6 +608,13 @@ impl Vm {
             signals.close();
         }
 
+        // Wake up the DeviceManager threads so they will get terminated cleanly
+        self.device_manager
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap()
+            .resume()
+            .map_err(Error::Resume)?;
+
         self.cpu_manager
             .lock()
             .unwrap()