diff --git a/incubator/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/store/resource/impl/DistributedLabelResourceStore.java b/incubator/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/store/resource/impl/DistributedLabelResourceStore.java
index c64a091..eb7fac9 100644
--- a/incubator/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/store/resource/impl/DistributedLabelResourceStore.java
+++ b/incubator/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/store/resource/impl/DistributedLabelResourceStore.java
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
             set.add(resource);
         }
         LabelResourceRequest request = new LabelResourceRequest(DeviceId.deviceId(GLOBAL_RESOURCE_POOL_DEVICE_ID),
-                                                                LabelResourceRequest.Type.APPLY,
+                                                                LabelResourceRequest.Type.RELEASE,
                                                                 0,
                                                                 ImmutableSet.copyOf(set));
         return this.internalRelease(request);