diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/CliManagerImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/CliManagerImpl.java
index 7ff5247e854c4ae9a2cbfdb64298b6b0af7cdf65..577cf3ce132fe373b6f95e80c95ff2415e75e366 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/CliManagerImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/cli/CliManagerImpl.java
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ public class CliManagerImpl implements CliEntryPoint, Serializable {
     
     private Authentication transportAuth;
 
+    //TODO: Migrate the code to Callable decorator
     /**
      * Runs callable from this CLI client with the transport authentication credential.
      */
-    private final CallableFilter authenticationFilter = new CallableFilter() {
+    private transient final CallableFilter authenticationFilter = new CallableFilter() {
         public <V> V call(Callable<V> callable) throws Exception {
             SecurityContext context = SecurityContextHolder.getContext();
             Authentication old = context.getAuthentication();