diff --git a/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java b/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java
index 0a9c624..4be8f5c 100644
--- a/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java
+++ b/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
 import static org.onosproject.net.config.basics.SubjectFactories.APP_SUBJECT_FACTORY;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@
     private static final String DEVICE_PROVIDER_PACKAGE = "org.onosproject.netconf.provider.device";
     private static final String UNKNOWN = "unknown";
 
+    private final ExecutorService executor =
+            Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5, groupedThreads("onos/netconfdeviceprovider", "device-installer-%d"));
+
     private DeviceProviderService providerService;
     private NetconfDeviceListener innerNodeListener = new InnerNetconfDeviceListener();
 
@@ -229,7 +235,7 @@
 
         @Override
         public void event(NetworkConfigEvent event) {
-            connectDevices();
+            executor.submit(NetconfDeviceProvider.this::connectDevices);
         }
 
         @Override