diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index b7f6cf5cb..b6e73721e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ provided helpful bug reports or suggestions.
 
 Aaron M. Ucko           ucko@debian.org
 Aaron Rosen             arosen@clemson.edu
+Ahmed Bilal             numan252@gmail.com
 Alex Yip                alex@nicira.com
 Alexey I. Froloff       raorn@altlinux.org
 Bob Ball                bob.ball@citrix.com
diff --git a/lib/learning-switch.c b/lib/learning-switch.c
index fc45b0434..269f0301d 100644
--- a/lib/learning-switch.c
+++ b/lib/learning-switch.c
@@ -138,7 +138,14 @@ lswitch_create(struct rconn *rconn, const struct lswitch_config *cfg)
         const struct ofpbuf *b;
 
         LIST_FOR_EACH (b, list_node, cfg->default_flows) {
-            queue_tx(sw, rconn, ofpbuf_clone(b));
+            struct ofpbuf *copy = ofpbuf_clone(b);
+            int error = rconn_send(rconn, copy, NULL);
+            if (error) {
+                VLOG_INFO_RL(&rl, "%s: failed to queue default flows (%s)",
+                             rconn_get_name(rconn), strerror(error));
+                ofpbuf_delete(copy);
+                break;
+            }
         }
     }