diff --git a/master_utils.c b/master_utils.c
index d652cbaa..3442ed1f 100644
--- a/master_utils.c
+++ b/master_utils.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ void uwsgi_send_stats(int fd) {
 		if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].cheaped) {
 			fprintf(output, "\"status\": \"cheap\", ");
 		}
-		else if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].suspended) {
+		else if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].suspended && !uwsgi.workers[i + 1].busy) {
 			fprintf(output, "\"status\": \"pause\", ");
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
index abfb5eed..42e5b1f8 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
@@ -2466,7 +2466,7 @@ PyObject *py_uwsgi_workers(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 		if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].cheaped) {
 			zero = PyString_FromString("cheap");
 		}
-		else if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].suspended) {
+		else if (uwsgi.workers[i + 1].suspended && !uwsgi.workers[i + 1].busy) {
 			zero = PyString_FromString("pause");
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index e548d7f8..25437358 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_base_options[] = {
 	{"daemonize", required_argument, 'd', "daemonize uWSGI", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.daemonize, 0},
 	{"stop", required_argument, 0, "stop an instance", uwsgi_opt_pidfile_signal, (void *) SIGINT, UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
 	{"reload", required_argument, 0, "reload an instance", uwsgi_opt_pidfile_signal, (void *) SIGHUP, UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
-	{"pause", required_argument, 0, "pause an instance", uwsgi_opt_pidfile_signal, (void *) SIGTSTP,UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
+	{"pause", required_argument, 0, "pause an instance", uwsgi_opt_pidfile_signal, (void *) SIGTSTP, UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
 	{"suspend", required_argument, 0, "suspend an instance", uwsgi_opt_pidfile_signal, (void *) SIGTSTP,UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
 	{"resume", required_argument, 0, "resume an instance", uwsgi_opt_pidfile_signal, (void *) SIGTSTP,UWSGI_OPT_IMMEDIATE},
 	{"listen", required_argument, 'l', "set the socket listen queue size", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &uwsgi.listen_queue,0},