diff --git a/osm_lcm/ns.py b/osm_lcm/ns.py
index 09f44be..9267b45 100644
--- a/osm_lcm/ns.py
+++ b/osm_lcm/ns.py
@@ -1903,6 +1903,7 @@
                 db_vnfrs[vnfr["member-vnf-index-ref"]] = vnfr   # vnf's dict indexed by member-index: '1', '2', etc
                 vnfd_id = vnfr["vnfd-id"]                       # vnfd uuid for this vnf
                 vnfd_ref = vnfr["vnfd-ref"]                     # vnfd name for this vnf
+
                 # if we haven't this vnfd, read it from db
                 if vnfd_id not in db_vnfds:
                     # read from db
@@ -1939,6 +1940,7 @@
             # set state to INSTANTIATED. When instantiated NBI will not delete directly
             db_nsr_update["_admin.nsState"] = "INSTANTIATED"
             self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, db_nsr_update)
+            self.db.set_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id}, {"_admin.nsState": "INSTANTIATED"})
 
             # n2vc_redesign STEP 2 Deploy Network Scenario
             stage[0] = 'Stage 2/5: deployment of KDUs, VMs and execution environments.'
@@ -3346,6 +3348,12 @@
                 operation_state=nslcmop_operation_state,
                 other_update=db_nslcmop_update,
             )
+            if ns_state == "NOT_INSTANTIATED":
+                try:
+                    self.db.set_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id}, {"_admin.nsState": "NOT_INSTANTIATED"})
+                except DbException as e:
+                    self.logger.warn(logging_text + 'Error writing VNFR status for nsr-id-ref: {} -> {}'.
+                                     format(nsr_id, e))
             if operation_params:
                 autoremove = operation_params.get("autoremove", False)
             if nslcmop_operation_state:
diff --git a/osm_lcm/tests/test_ns.py b/osm_lcm/tests/test_ns.py
index fe2b652..63bfa35 100644
--- a/osm_lcm/tests/test_ns.py
+++ b/osm_lcm/tests/test_ns.py
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@
 
         if not getenv("OSMLCMTEST_DB_NOMOCK"):
             self.assertTrue(self.db.set_one.called, "db.set_one not called")
+            db_nsr = self.db.get_one("nsrs", {"_id": nsr_id})
+            db_vnfrs_list = self.db.get_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id})
+            self.assertEqual(db_nsr["_admin"].get("nsState"), "INSTANTIATED", "Not instantiated")
+            for vnfr in db_vnfrs_list:
+                self.assertEqual(vnfr["_admin"].get("nsState"), "INSTANTIATED", "Not instantiated")
+
         if not getenv("OSMLCMTEST_VCA_NOMOCK"):
             # check intial-primitives called
             self.assertTrue(self.my_ns.n2vc.exec_primitive.called,
@@ -266,6 +272,7 @@
             for _call in self.my_ns.n2vc.exec_primitive.call_args_list:
                 self.assertIn(_call[1]["primitive_name"], ("config", "touch"),
                               "called exec primitive with a primitive different than config or touch")
+
         # TODO add more checks of called methods
         # TODO add a terminate
 
@@ -607,6 +614,9 @@
         self.assertEqual(db_nsr.get("currentOperationID"), None, "currentOperationID different than None")
         self.assertEqual(db_nsr.get("errorDescription "), None, "errorDescription different than None")
         self.assertEqual(db_nsr.get("errorDetail"), None, "errorDetail different than None")
+        db_vnfrs_list = self.db.get_list("vnfrs", {"nsr-id-ref": nsr_id})
+        for vnfr in db_vnfrs_list:
+            self.assertEqual(vnfr["_admin"].get("nsState"), "NOT_INSTANTIATED", "Not instantiated")
 
     @asynctest.fail_on(active_handles=True)   # all async tasks must be completed
     async def test_terminate_primitive(self):