diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java
index 9f4f766fc45..55ef53ae2b9 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@ public class ApiDispatcher {
                         }
                     } else {
                         DateFormat format = BaseCmd.INPUT_FORMAT;
-                        format.setLenient(false);
                         synchronized (format) {
+                        format.setLenient(false);
                             field.set(cmdObj, format.parse(paramObj.toString()));
                         }
                     }