diff --git a/server/src/org/apache/cloudstack/region/gslb/GlobalLoadBalancingRulesServiceImpl.java b/server/src/org/apache/cloudstack/region/gslb/GlobalLoadBalancingRulesServiceImpl.java
index 86c9c505ab4..9cc10aa044e 100644
--- a/server/src/org/apache/cloudstack/region/gslb/GlobalLoadBalancingRulesServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/org/apache/cloudstack/region/gslb/GlobalLoadBalancingRulesServiceImpl.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.user.region.ha.gslb.*;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.region.Region;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.region.dao.RegionDao;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import javax.ejb.Local;
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@ public class GlobalLoadBalancingRulesServiceImpl implements GlobalLoadBalancingR
     IPAddressDao _ipAddressDao;
     @Inject
     AgentManager _agentMgr;
-
-    protected GslbServiceProvider _gslbProvider = null;
+    @Autowired(required=false)
+    protected GslbServiceProvider _gslbProvider;
 
 
     @Override