diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChronicleMapBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChronicleMapBuilder.java
index d08156ea3..653ce44ca 100755
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChronicleMapBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChronicleMapBuilder.java
@@ -894,8 +894,7 @@ abstract class AbstractChronicleMapBuilder<K, V,
             ChronicleMapBuilderI<K, V> cmb = clone();
             cmb.pushTo((InetSocketAddress[]) null);
             for (int i = 0; i < pushToAddresses.length; i++) {
-                cmb.statelessClient(pushToAddresses[i]);
-                statelessClients[i] = cmb.create();
+                statelessClients[i] = cmb.statelessClient(pushToAddresses[i]).create();
             }
             eventListener = (MapEventListener<K, V, ChronicleMap<K, V>>) constructor.newInstance((Object) statelessClients);
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {