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 c541a9b..e208c3b 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
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
     protected final void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx,
                           Iterable<OFMessage> msgs,
-                          ByteBuf out) throws Exception {
+                          ByteBuf out) {
 
         msgs.forEach(msg -> msg.writeTo(out));
     }