diff --git a/nova/servicegroup/drivers/zk.py b/nova/servicegroup/drivers/zk.py
index 2a3edae..7de2488 100644
--- a/nova/servicegroup/drivers/zk.py
+++ b/nova/servicegroup/drivers/zk.py
@@ -122,7 +122,14 @@ class ZooKeeperDriver(api.ServiceGroupDriver):
         monitor = self._monitors.get(group_id, None)
         if monitor is None:
             path = "%s/%s" % (CONF.zookeeper.sg_prefix, group_id)
- monitor = membership.MembershipMonitor(self._session, path)
+
+ null = open(os.devnull, "w")
+ local_session = evzookeeper.ZKSession(CONF.zookeeper.address,
+ recv_timeout=
+ CONF.zookeeper.recv_timeout,
+ zklog_fd=null)
+
+ monitor = membership.MembershipMonitor(local_session, path)
             self._monitors[group_id] = monitor
             # Note(maoy): When initialized for the first time, it takes a
             # while to retrieve all members from zookeeper. To prevent