diff --git a/quantum/plugins/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_quantum_agent.py b/quantum/plugins/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_quantum_agent.py
index 3ca24d8980..5b467a86e7 100755
--- a/quantum/plugins/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_quantum_agent.py
+++ b/quantum/plugins/linuxbridge/agent/linuxbridge_quantum_agent.py
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ class LinuxBridgeQuantumAgentRPC:
 
 
 def main():
+    eventlet.monkey_patch()
     cfg.CONF(args=sys.argv, project='quantum')
 
     # (TODO) gary - swap with common logging
@@ -798,5 +799,4 @@ def main():
     sys.exit(0)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    eventlet.monkey_patch()
     main()
diff --git a/quantum/plugins/openvswitch/agent/ovs_quantum_agent.py b/quantum/plugins/openvswitch/agent/ovs_quantum_agent.py
index 301b186183..cde15a80b7 100755
--- a/quantum/plugins/openvswitch/agent/ovs_quantum_agent.py
+++ b/quantum/plugins/openvswitch/agent/ovs_quantum_agent.py
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ class OVSQuantumAgent(object):
 
 
 def main():
+    eventlet.monkey_patch()
     cfg.CONF(args=sys.argv, project='quantum')
 
     # (TODO) gary - swap with common logging
@@ -765,5 +766,4 @@ def main():
     sys.exit(0)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    eventlet.monkey_patch()
     main()