diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java
index f7718c1..d6d06d0 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/flow/impl/DistributedFlowRuleStore.java
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@
         @Override
         protected void setupKryoPool() {
             serializerPool = KryoNamespace.newBuilder()
-                    .register(DistributedStoreSerializers.COMMON)
-                    .build()
-                    .populate(1);
+                    .register(DistributedStoreSerializers.STORE_COMMON)
+                    .nextId(DistributedStoreSerializers.STORE_CUSTOM_BEGIN)
+                    .build();
         }
     };