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 4be8f5c..c13d26e 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
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     private static final String UNKNOWN = "unknown";
 
     private final ExecutorService executor =
-            Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5, groupedThreads("onos/netconfdeviceprovider", "device-installer-%d"));
+            Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5, groupedThreads("onos/netconfdeviceprovider", "device-installer-%d", log));
 
     private DeviceProviderService providerService;
     private NetconfDeviceListener innerNodeListener = new InnerNetconfDeviceListener();
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 
         @Override
         public void event(NetworkConfigEvent event) {
-            executor.submit(NetconfDeviceProvider.this::connectDevices);
+            executor.execute(NetconfDeviceProvider.this::connectDevices);
         }
 
         @Override