diff --git a/src/updatechecker.js b/src/updatechecker.js
index 9b7d92e40..6f49a137f 100644
--- a/src/updatechecker.js
+++ b/src/updatechecker.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ function checkAppUpdates(callback) {
 
             async.eachSeries(result, function (app, iteratorDone) {
                 if (app.appStoreId === '') return iteratorDone(); // appStoreId can be '' for dev apps
+                if (app.runState === apps.RSTATE_STOPPED) return iteratorDone(); // stopped apps won't run migration scripts and shouldn't be updated
 
                 appstore.getAppUpdate(app, function (error, updateInfo) {
                     if (error) {