diff --git a/Agents/DeviceDiscoveryAgent/devicediscovery/agent.py b/Agents/DeviceDiscoveryAgent/devicediscovery/agent.py
index 8dc35bc2776a918888b19b17b303fc27a0f78dd6..80adac1f25dac2db5d1e684868019c7895a912d9 100755
--- a/Agents/DeviceDiscoveryAgent/devicediscovery/agent.py
+++ b/Agents/DeviceDiscoveryAgent/devicediscovery/agent.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ def DeviceDiscoveryAgent(config_path, **kwargs):
                                     + " where api_name=%s", (API,))
                 address = self.curcon.fetchone()[0]
 
+                discovered_devices = list()
                 if is_cloud is not None:
                     is_cloud = is_cloud[0]
                 if is_cloud: