diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
index 9160a0b592..0fe8e599d9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ PROCESS_LOCKFILE = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
 
 from foon import Foon
 
-FOON = Foon()
 
 ################################################
 
@@ -1058,11 +1057,10 @@ class Runner(object):
 
     # *****************************************************
 
-    def _parallel_exec(self, hosts):
+    def _parallel_exec(self, params):
         ''' handles mulitprocessing when more than 1 fork is required '''
 
-        FOON.set_size(self.forks)
-        return FOON.map(_executor_hook, hosts)
+        return self.foon.map(_executor_hook, params)
 
     # *****************************************************
 
@@ -1114,6 +1112,8 @@ class Runner(object):
         if self.forks == 0 or self.forks > len(hosts):
             self.forks = len(hosts)
 
+        self.foon = Foon(self.forks)
+
         if p and getattr(p, 'BYPASS_HOST_LOOP', None):
 
             # Expose the current hostgroup to the bypassing plugins
diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/foon.py b/lib/ansible/runner/foon.py
index f084ba726e..f5f3be1220 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/foon.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/foon.py
@@ -99,30 +99,18 @@ class MyPool(mpool.Pool):
 
 class Foon(object):
 
-   def __init__(self):
-       self.set_size(0)
+   def __init__(self, size):
+       self.pool = self._make_pool(size)
 
-   def make_pool(self, processes=None, initializer=None, initargs=()):
+   def _make_pool(self, processes=None, initializer=None, initargs=()):
        '''
        Returns a process pool object
        '''
        return MyPool(processes, initializer, initargs)
 
-   def set_size(self, size): 
-
-       global OLD_SIZE
-       global POOL
-
-       if size > OLD_SIZE or POOL is None:
-           OLD_SIZE = size
-           POOL = self.make_pool()
-
-
    def map(self, function, data_list):
-
-       global POOL
        try:
-           return POOL.map(function, data_list)
+           return self.pool.map(function, data_list)
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            print "KEYBOARD INTERRUPT!"
            sys.exit(1)