diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java
index df4c0071c..72bf58384 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import java.util.SortedMap;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ public MemcachedConnection(String name, ConnectionFactory f,
     timeoutRatioThreshold = f.getTimeoutRatioThreshold();
     timeoutDurationThreshold = f.getTimeoutDurationThreshold();
     selector = Selector.open();
-    List<MemcachedNode> connections = new ArrayList<>(a.size());
+    List<MemcachedNode> connections = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
     for (SocketAddress sa : a) {
       connections.add(makeMemcachedNode(connName, sa));
     }