diff --git a/hosting/views.py b/hosting/views.py
index cd6aa4f3..11a4b8bc 100644
--- a/hosting/views.py
+++ b/hosting/views.py
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ from django.views.generic import (
     View, CreateView, FormView, ListView, DetailView, DeleteView,
     TemplateView, UpdateView
 )
-from rest_framework.views import APIView
-from rest_framework.response import Response
-from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
 from guardian.mixins import PermissionRequiredMixin
 from oca.pool import WrongIdError
+from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from stored_messages.api import mark_read
 from stored_messages.models import Message
 from stored_messages.settings import stored_messages_settings
@@ -1778,13 +1778,23 @@ class CheckUserVM(APIView):
             response = check_otp(user, realm, token)
             if response != 200:
                 return Response('Invalid token', 403)
-            uservms = VMDetail.objects.filter(user__email=email)
-            if len(uservms) > 0:
-                for i in range(len(uservms)):
-                    if uservms[i].ipv4 == ip or uservms[i].ipv6 == ip:
-                        return Response('success', 200)
-                return Response('No VM found matching the ip address provided', 404)
-            else:
-                return Response('No VM found with the given email address', 404)
+            manager = OpenNebulaManager()
+            # not the best way to lookup vms by ip
+            # TODO: make this optimal
+            vms = manager.get_vms()
+            users_vms = [VirtualMachineSerializer(vm).data for vm in vms
+                         if vm.uname == email]
+            if len(users_vms) == 0:
+                return Response('No VM found with the given email address',
+                                404)
+            for vm in users_vms:
+                for nic in vm.template.nics:
+                    if hasattr(nic, 'ip6_global'):
+                        if nic.ip6_global == ip:
+                            return Response('success', 200)
+                    elif hasattr(nic, 'ip'):
+                        if nic.ip == ip:
+                            return Response('success', 200)
+            return Response('No VM found matching the ip address provided', 404)
         except KeyError:
             return Response('Not enough data provided', 400)