diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/operation/mgt/Operation.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/operation/mgt/Operation.java
index 6c521827603..d56dc0daa9b 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/operation/mgt/Operation.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/operation/mgt/Operation.java
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ package org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.operation.mgt;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 @XmlRootElement
-public class Operation {
+public class Operation implements Serializable {
 
 	public enum Type {
 		CONFIG, MESSAGE, INFO, COMMAND, PROFILE
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/operation/mgt/dao/impl/ProfileOperationDAOImpl.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/operation/mgt/dao/impl/ProfileOperationDAOImpl.java
index b1b4acb462c..494b3d3336c 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/operation/mgt/dao/impl/ProfileOperationDAOImpl.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/operation/mgt/dao/impl/ProfileOperationDAOImpl.java
@@ -43,38 +43,16 @@ public class ProfileOperationDAOImpl extends OperationDAOImpl {
         Connection conn = OperationManagementDAOFactory.openConnection();
 
         PreparedStatement stmt = null;
-        ByteArrayOutputStream bao = null;
-        ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
 
         try {
-            bao = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-            oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bao);
-            oos.writeObject(profileOp);
-
             stmt = conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO DM_PROFILE_OPERATION(OPERATION_ID, OPERATION_DETAILS) " +
                     "VALUES(?, ?)");
             stmt.setInt(1, operationId);
-            stmt.setObject(2, bao.toByteArray());
+            stmt.setObject(2, profileOp);
             stmt.executeUpdate();
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             throw new OperationManagementDAOException("Error occurred while adding profile operation", e);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new OperationManagementDAOException("Error occurred while serializing profile operation object", e);
         } finally {
-            if (bao != null) {
-                try {
-                    bao.close();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    log.warn("Error occurred while closing ByteArrayOutputStream", e);
-                }
-            }
-            if (oos != null) {
-                try {
-                    oos.close();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    log.warn("Error occurred while closing ObjectOutputStream", e);
-                }
-            }
             OperationManagementDAOUtil.cleanupResources(stmt);
         }
         return operationId;
@@ -132,38 +110,32 @@ public class ProfileOperationDAOImpl extends OperationDAOImpl {
 
         PreparedStatement stmt = null;
         ResultSet rs = null;
-        ByteArrayInputStream bais;
-        ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream;
+        ByteArrayInputStream bais = null;
+        ObjectInputStream ois = null;
 
         try {
             Connection connection = OperationManagementDAOFactory.openConnection();
             stmt = connection.prepareStatement(
                     "SELECT po.OPERATION_DETAILS AS OPERATIONDETAILS " +
                             "FROM DM_OPERATION o " +
-                            "INNER JOIN DM_PROFILE_OPERATION po ON o.ID = po.OPERATION_ID AND o.ID IN (" +
+                            "INNER JOIN DM_PROFILE_OPERATION po ON o.ID = po.OPERATION_ID AND o.STATUS =? AND o.ID IN (" +
                             "SELECT dom.OPERATION_ID FROM (SELECT d.ID FROM DM_DEVICE d INNER JOIN " +
                             "DM_DEVICE_TYPE dm ON d.DEVICE_TYPE_ID = dm.ID AND dm.NAME = ? AND " +
                             "d.DEVICE_IDENTIFICATION = ?) d1 INNER JOIN DM_DEVICE_OPERATION_MAPPING dom " +
                             "ON d1.ID = dom.DEVICE_ID) ORDER BY o.CREATED_TIMESTAMP ASC LIMIT 1");
-            stmt.setString(1, deviceId.getType());
-            stmt.setString(2, deviceId.getId());
-            rs = stmt.executeQuery();
 
-            byte[] operationObjbyteArr;
-            Blob operationBlob;
-            ByteArrayInputStream in;
-            ObjectInputStream is;
+            stmt.setString(1,Operation.Status.PENDING.toString());
+            stmt.setString(2, deviceId.getType());
+            stmt.setString(3, deviceId.getId());
+            rs = stmt.executeQuery();
 
+            byte[] operationDetails = new byte[0];
             if (rs.next()) {
-                operationBlob = rs.getBlob("OPERATIONDETAILS");
-                operationObjbyteArr = operationBlob.getBytes(1, (int) operationBlob.length());
-                in = new ByteArrayInputStream(operationObjbyteArr);
-                is = new ObjectInputStream(in);
-                return (ProfileOperation) is.readObject();
-            }else{
-                return null;
+                operationDetails = rs.getBytes("OPERATIONDETAILS");
             }
-
+            bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(operationDetails);
+            ois = new ObjectInputStream(bais);
+            return (ProfileOperation) ois.readObject();
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             log.error("SQL error occurred while retrieving profile operation", e);
             throw new OperationManagementDAOException("Error occurred while adding operation metadata", e);
@@ -175,6 +147,20 @@ public class ProfileOperationDAOImpl extends OperationDAOImpl {
             log.error("IO error occurred while de serialize profile operation", e);
             throw new OperationManagementDAOException("Error occurred while serializing profile operation object", e);
         } finally {
+            if (bais != null) {
+                try {
+                    bais.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    log.warn("Error occurred while closing ByteArrayOutputStream", e);
+                }
+            }
+            if (ois != null) {
+                try {
+                    ois.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    log.warn("Error occurred while closing ObjectOutputStream", e);
+                }
+            }
             OperationManagementDAOUtil.cleanupResources(stmt, rs);
             OperationManagementDAOFactory.closeConnection();
         }