diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServerPoolVms.java b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServerPoolVms.java
index 57a8945b19d..e8eeeb09c24 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServerPoolVms.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xen/resource/XenServerPoolVms.java
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 package com.cloud.hypervisor.xen.resource;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
-
+import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import com.cloud.utils.Pair;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine.State;
 
  
 public class XenServerPoolVms {
     private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(XenServerPoolVms.class);
-    private HashMap<String/* clusterId */, HashMap<String/* vm name */, Pair<String/* host uuid */, State/* vm state */>>> _cluster_vms = 
-        new HashMap<String, HashMap<String, Pair<String, State>>>();
+    private final Map<String/* clusterId */, HashMap<String/* vm name */, Pair<String/* host uuid */, State/* vm state */>>> _cluster_vms =
+         new ConcurrentHashMap<String, HashMap<String, Pair<String, State>>>();
+
 
     public HashMap<String, Pair<String, State>> getClusterVmState(String clusterId){
         HashMap<String, Pair<String, State>> _vms= _cluster_vms.get(clusterId);