diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/alert/AlertManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/alert/AlertManagerImpl.java
index efcca92145e..71767e63c32 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/alert/AlertManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/alert/AlertManagerImpl.java
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ public class AlertManagerImpl implements AlertManager {
             smtpDebug = Boolean.parseBoolean(smtpDebugStr);
         }
 
-        _emailAlert = new EmailAlert(emailAddresses, smtpHost, smtpPort, useAuth, smtpUsername, smtpPassword, emailSender, smtpDebug);
-        _emailAlert = null;
+        _emailAlert = new EmailAlert(emailAddresses, smtpHost, smtpPort, useAuth, smtpUsername, smtpPassword, emailSender, smtpDebug);
 
         String storageCapacityThreshold = configs.get("storage.capacity.threshold");
         String cpuCapacityThreshold = configs.get("cpu.capacity.threshold");