diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowmanager/FlowManager.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowmanager/FlowManager.java
index 7025497..ad98227 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowmanager/FlowManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/flowmanager/FlowManager.java
@@ -878,7 +878,6 @@
      */
     @Override
     public boolean deleteAllFlows() {
-	List<Thread> threads = new LinkedList<Thread>();
 	final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<FlowId> concurrentAllFlowIds =
 	    new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<FlowId>();
 
@@ -906,6 +905,7 @@
 	//
 	// Create the threads to delete the Flow Paths
 	//
+	List<Thread> threads = new LinkedList<Thread>();
 	for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
 	    Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
 		@Override