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diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-distributed-datastore/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/datastore/messages/VersionedExternalizableMessage.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-distributed-datastore/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/datastore/messages/VersionedExternalizableMessage.java
index 17b93f4b04..e1f96ca457 100644
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-distributed-datastore/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/datastore/messages/VersionedExternalizableMessage.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-distributed-datastore/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/datastore/messages/VersionedExternalizableMessage.java
@@ -43,4 +43,16 @@ public abstract class VersionedExternalizableMessage implements Externalizable,
     public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeShort(version);
     }
+
+    protected abstract Object newLegacySerializedInstance();
+
+    @Override
+    public final Object toSerializable() {
+        return getVersion() >= DataStoreVersions.BORON_VERSION ? this : newLegacySerializedInstance();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getClass().getSimpleName() + " [version=" + getVersion() + "]";
+    }
 }