diff --git a/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java
index 5e33c1d..4c0e048 100644
--- a/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java
+++ b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@
                 return false;
             } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                 log.warn("Connection to device {} interrupted", dev.deviceId());
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                 return false;
             } catch (ExecutionException ex) {
                 log.warn("Connection to device {} had a execution exception", dev.deviceId());