diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedRecordDataFlowController.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedRecordDataFlowController.java
index 4189dbf..10e9125 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedRecordDataFlowController.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/dataflow/FeedRecordDataFlowController.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     protected final boolean sendMarker;
     protected boolean failed = false;
     private FeedRecordDataFlowController<T>.DataflowMarker dataflowMarker;
-    private Future<?> result;
+    private Future<?> dataflowMarkerResult;
 
     public FeedRecordDataFlowController(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, FeedTupleForwarder tupleForwarder,
             @Nonnull FeedLogManager feedLogManager, int numOfOutputFields, @Nonnull IRecordDataParser<T> dataParser,
@@ -69,12 +69,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public void start(IFrameWriter writer) throws HyracksDataException {
-        ExecutorService executorService = sendMarker ? Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor() : null;
-        if (sendMarker && dataflowMarker == null) {
-            dataflowMarker = new DataflowMarker(recordReader.getProgressReporter(),
-                    TaskUtils.<VSizeFrame> get(HyracksConstants.KEY_MESSAGE, ctx));
-            result = executorService.submit(dataflowMarker);
-        }
+        startDataflowMarker();
         HyracksDataException hde = null;
         try {
             failed = false;
@@ -102,9 +97,7 @@
             LOGGER.warn("Failure while operating a feed source", e);
             throw new HyracksDataException(e);
         }
-        if(dataflowMarker != null){
-            dataflowMarker.stop();
-        }
+        stopDataflowMarker();
         try {
             tupleForwarder.close();
         } catch (Throwable th) {
@@ -117,8 +110,8 @@
             hde = ExternalDataExceptionUtils.suppressIntoHyracksDataException(hde, th);
         } finally {
             closeSignal();
-            if (sendMarker && result != null) {
-                result.cancel(true);
+            if (sendMarker && dataflowMarkerResult != null) {
+                dataflowMarkerResult.cancel(true);
             }
         }
         if (hde != null) {
@@ -149,6 +142,21 @@
     protected void addPrimaryKeys(ArrayTupleBuilder tb, IRawRecord<? extends T> record) throws IOException {
     }
 
+    private void startDataflowMarker() {
+        ExecutorService executorService = sendMarker ? Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor() : null;
+        if (sendMarker && dataflowMarker == null) {
+            dataflowMarker = new DataflowMarker(recordReader.getProgressReporter(),
+                    TaskUtils.<VSizeFrame> get(HyracksConstants.KEY_MESSAGE, ctx));
+            dataflowMarkerResult = executorService.submit(dataflowMarker);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void stopDataflowMarker() {
+        if (dataflowMarker != null) {
+            dataflowMarker.stop();
+        }
+    }
+
     private void closeSignal() {
         synchronized (closed) {
             closed.set(true);
@@ -166,9 +174,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean stop() throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (dataflowMarker != null) {
-            dataflowMarker.stop();
-        }
+        stopDataflowMarker();
         HyracksDataException hde = null;
         if (recordReader.stop()) {
             if (failed) {