diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.store.primitives.impl;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.primitives.DistributedPrimitiveCreator;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicCounter;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.AtomicCounterBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation of AtomicCounterBuilder.
+ */
+public class DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder extends AtomicCounterBuilder {
+
+    private final DistributedPrimitiveCreator primitiveCreator;
+
+    public DefaultAtomicCounterBuilder(DistributedPrimitiveCreator primitiveCreator) {
+        this.primitiveCreator = primitiveCreator;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AsyncAtomicCounter build() {
+        return primitiveCreator.newAsyncCounter(name());
+    }
+}