diff --git a/watcher/api/controllers/v1/action_plan.py b/watcher/api/controllers/v1/action_plan.py
index d5d08c447..1f9bdc2db 100644
--- a/watcher/api/controllers/v1/action_plan.py
+++ b/watcher/api/controllers/v1/action_plan.py
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ class ActionPlansController(rest.RestController):
 
     def __init__(self):
         super(ActionPlansController, self).__init__()
+        self.applier_client = rpcapi.ApplierAPI()
 
     from_actionsPlans = False
     """A flag to indicate if the requests to this controller are coming
@@ -553,9 +554,8 @@ class ActionPlansController(rest.RestController):
                 a.save()
 
         if launch_action_plan:
-            applier_client = rpcapi.ApplierAPI()
-            applier_client.launch_action_plan(pecan.request.context,
-                                              action_plan.uuid)
+            self.applier_client.launch_action_plan(pecan.request.context,
+                                                   action_plan.uuid)
 
         action_plan_to_update = objects.ActionPlan.get_by_uuid(
             pecan.request.context,
@@ -584,9 +584,8 @@ class ActionPlansController(rest.RestController):
         action_plan_to_start['state'] = objects.action_plan.State.PENDING
         action_plan_to_start.save()
 
-        applier_client = rpcapi.ApplierAPI()
-        applier_client.launch_action_plan(pecan.request.context,
-                                          action_plan_uuid)
+        self.applier_client.launch_action_plan(pecan.request.context,
+                                               action_plan_uuid)
         action_plan_to_start = objects.ActionPlan.get_by_uuid(
             pecan.request.context, action_plan_uuid)
 
diff --git a/watcher/api/controllers/v1/audit.py b/watcher/api/controllers/v1/audit.py
index 41c5ad40c..95818a792 100644
--- a/watcher/api/controllers/v1/audit.py
+++ b/watcher/api/controllers/v1/audit.py
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ class AuditsController(rest.RestController):
     """REST controller for Audits."""
     def __init__(self):
         super(AuditsController, self).__init__()
+        self.dc_client = rpcapi.DecisionEngineAPI()
 
     from_audits = False
     """A flag to indicate if the requests to this controller are coming
@@ -575,8 +576,7 @@ class AuditsController(rest.RestController):
 
         # trigger decision-engine to run the audit
         if new_audit.audit_type == objects.audit.AuditType.ONESHOT.value:
-            dc_client = rpcapi.DecisionEngineAPI()
-            dc_client.trigger_audit(context, new_audit.uuid)
+            self.dc_client.trigger_audit(context, new_audit.uuid)
 
         return Audit.convert_with_links(new_audit)
 
diff --git a/watcher/decision_engine/audit/base.py b/watcher/decision_engine/audit/base.py
index 9b5ad3c43..a2cfd3603 100644
--- a/watcher/decision_engine/audit/base.py
+++ b/watcher/decision_engine/audit/base.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class AuditHandler(BaseAuditHandler):
         self._strategy_context = default_context.DefaultStrategyContext()
         self._planner_manager = planner_manager.PlannerManager()
         self._planner = None
+        self.applier_client = rpcapi.ApplierAPI()
 
     @property
     def planner(self):
@@ -125,9 +126,8 @@ class AuditHandler(BaseAuditHandler):
     def post_execute(self, audit, solution, request_context):
         action_plan = self.do_schedule(request_context, audit, solution)
         if audit.auto_trigger:
-            applier_client = rpcapi.ApplierAPI()
-            applier_client.launch_action_plan(request_context,
-                                              action_plan.uuid)
+            self.applier_client.launch_action_plan(request_context,
+                                                   action_plan.uuid)
 
     def execute(self, audit, request_context):
         try: