diff -uNr a/fence/agents/compute/fence_compute.py b/fence/agents/compute/fence_compute.py
--- a/fence/agents/compute/fence_compute.py	2016-06-15 14:46:26.558080906 +0200
+++ b/fence/agents/compute/fence_compute.py	2016-06-15 15:27:52.987308060 +0200
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 			set_attrd_status(options["--plug"], "yes", options)
 			sys.exit(0)
 
-		elif options["--action"] in ["monitor", "status"]:
+		elif options["--action"] in ["monitor"]:
 			sys.exit(0)
 
 	# The first argument is the Nova client version