diff --git a/providers/of/packet/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/packet/impl/OpenFlowPacketProvider.java b/providers/of/packet/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/packet/impl/OpenFlowPacketProvider.java
index 40b40e4..769ba7f 100644
--- a/providers/of/packet/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/packet/impl/OpenFlowPacketProvider.java
+++ b/providers/of/packet/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/packet/impl/OpenFlowPacketProvider.java
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
                     pktCtx.parsed(), ByteBuffer.wrap(pktCtx.unparsed()));
 
             OpenFlowCorePacketContext corePktCtx =
-                    new OpenFlowCorePacketContext(0, inPkt, null, pktCtx.isHandled(), pktCtx);
+                    new OpenFlowCorePacketContext(System.currentTimeMillis(),
+                            inPkt, null, pktCtx.isHandled(), pktCtx);
             providerService.processPacket(corePktCtx);
         }