diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/core/internal/OFMessageEncoder.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/core/internal/OFMessageEncoder.java
index d61f17e..29916c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/core/internal/OFMessageEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/core/internal/OFMessageEncoder.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         }
 
         ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.buffer(size);
-        ;
+
         for (OFMessage ofm : msglist) {
             ofm.writeTo(buf);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openflow/protocol/OFMessage.java b/src/main/java/org/openflow/protocol/OFMessage.java
index 237e8ac..578e95b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openflow/protocol/OFMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openflow/protocol/OFMessage.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     
     protected synchronized ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object> getMessageStore() {
         if (storage == null) {
-            storage = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>();;
+            storage = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>();
         }
         return storage;
     }