diff --git a/protocols/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OFMessageEncoder.java b/protocols/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OFMessageEncoder.java
index abb63f1..727301f 100644
--- a/protocols/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OFMessageEncoder.java
+++ b/protocols/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OFMessageEncoder.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
@@ -46,13 +48,16 @@
             size += ofm.getLengthU();
         }*/
 
-        ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        ByteBuf bb = Unpooled.buffer();
 
         for (OFMessage ofm : msglist) {
             if (ofm != null) {
-                ofm.writeTo(buf);
+                ofm.writeTo(bb);
             }
         }
+
+        ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.wrappedBuffer(bb.nioBuffer());
+
         return buf;
     }