diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/ClusteredAgentManagerImpl.java b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/ClusteredAgentManagerImpl.java
index e38489bec63..2417f4de8f2 100755
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/ClusteredAgentManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/ClusteredAgentManagerImpl.java
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ public class ClusteredAgentManagerImpl extends AgentManagerImpl implements Clust
                 } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
                     throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to resolve " + ip);
                 }
-                try (SocketChannel ch1 = SocketChannel.open(new InetSocketAddress(addr, Port.value()));){
+                try {
+                    SocketChannel ch1 = SocketChannel.open(new InetSocketAddress(addr, Port.value()));
                     ch1.configureBlocking(true); // make sure we are working at blocking mode
                     ch1.socket().setKeepAlive(true);
                     ch1.socket().setSoTimeout(60 * 1000);
@@ -516,8 +517,9 @@ public class ClusteredAgentManagerImpl extends AgentManagerImpl implements Clust
                     if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                         s_logger.debug("Connection to peer opened: " + peerName + ", ip: " + ip);
                     }
-                    _peers.put(peerName, ch);
+                    _peers.put(peerName, ch1);
                     _sslEngines.put(peerName, sslEngine);
+                    return ch1;
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     s_logger.warn("Unable to connect to peer management server: " + peerName + ", ip: " + ip + " due to " + e.getMessage(), e);
                     return null;