diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/impl/MastershipManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/impl/MastershipManager.java
index dbb3ae4..e97a553 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/impl/MastershipManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/impl/MastershipManager.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 @Component(immediate = true)
 @Service
 public class MastershipManager
-implements MastershipService, MastershipAdminService {
+    implements MastershipService, MastershipAdminService, MastershipTermService {
 
     private static final String NODE_ID_NULL = "Node ID cannot be null";
     private static final String DEVICE_ID_NULL = "Device ID cannot be null";
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public MastershipTermService requestTermService() {
-        return new InternalMastershipTermService();
+    public MastershipTerm getMastershipTerm(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        return store.getTermFor(deviceId);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -184,14 +184,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private class InternalMastershipTermService implements MastershipTermService {
 
-        @Override
-        public MastershipTerm getMastershipTerm(DeviceId deviceId) {
-            return store.getTermFor(deviceId);
-        }
-
-    }
 
     //callback for reacting to cluster events
     private class InternalClusterEventListener implements ClusterEventListener {
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/device/impl/DeviceManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/device/impl/DeviceManager.java
index f45d4de..95723b3 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/device/impl/DeviceManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/device/impl/DeviceManager.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected MastershipService mastershipService;
 
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected MastershipTermService termService;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
@@ -112,7 +113,6 @@
         store.setDelegate(delegate);
         eventDispatcher.addSink(DeviceEvent.class, listenerRegistry);
         mastershipService.addListener(mastershipListener);
-        termService = mastershipService.requestTermService();
 
         backgroundService.scheduleWithFixedDelay(new Runnable() {