diff --git a/src/realmd/AuthSocket.cpp b/src/realmd/AuthSocket.cpp
index bac584888..64e615254 100644
--- a/src/realmd/AuthSocket.cpp
+++ b/src/realmd/AuthSocket.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #include "Auth/Sha1.h"
 //#include "Util.h" -- for commented utf8ToUpperOnlyLatin
 
-extern RealmList m_realmList;
-
 extern DatabaseType loginDatabase;
 
 #define ChunkSize 2048
@@ -881,14 +879,14 @@ bool AuthSocket::_HandleRealmList()
     delete result;
 
     ///- Update realm list if need
-    m_realmList.UpdateIfNeed();
+    RealmList::Instance().UpdateIfNeed();
 
     ///- Circle through realms in the RealmList and construct the return packet (including # of user characters in each realm)
     ByteBuffer pkt;
     pkt << (uint32) 0;
-    pkt << (uint16) m_realmList.size();
+    pkt << (uint16) RealmList::Instance().size();
     RealmList::RealmMap::const_iterator i;
-    for( i = m_realmList.begin(); i != m_realmList.end(); ++i )
+    for( i = RealmList::Instance().begin(); i != RealmList::Instance().end(); ++i )
     {
         uint8 AmountOfCharacters;
 
diff --git a/src/realmd/Main.cpp b/src/realmd/Main.cpp
index 13fdc5747..2cfe62abd 100644
--- a/src/realmd/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/realmd/Main.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ void UnhookSignals();
 void HookSignals();
 
 bool stopEvent = false;                                     ///< Setting it to true stops the server
-RealmList m_realmList;                                      ///< Holds the list of realms for this server
 
 DatabaseType loginDatabase;                                 ///< Accessor to the realm server database
 
@@ -191,8 +190,8 @@ extern int main(int argc, char **argv)
         return 1;
 
     ///- Get the list of realms for the server
-    m_realmList.Initialize(sConfig.GetIntDefault("RealmsStateUpdateDelay", 20));
-    if (m_realmList.size() == 0)
+    RealmList::Instance().Initialize(sConfig.GetIntDefault("RealmsStateUpdateDelay", 20));
+    if (RealmList::Instance().size() == 0)
     {
         sLog.outError("No valid realms specified.");
         return 1;
diff --git a/src/realmd/RealmList.cpp b/src/realmd/RealmList.cpp
index 1bb0a977d..f41344c00 100644
--- a/src/realmd/RealmList.cpp
+++ b/src/realmd/RealmList.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ RealmList::RealmList( ) : m_UpdateInterval(0), m_NextUpdateTime(time(NULL))
 {
 }
 
+RealmList& RealmList::Instance()
+{
+    static RealmList realmlist;
+    return realmlist;
+}
+
 /// Load the realm list from the database
 void RealmList::Initialize(uint32 updateInterval)
 {
diff --git a/src/realmd/RealmList.h b/src/realmd/RealmList.h
index 40e3956e8..1ab6d9371 100644
--- a/src/realmd/RealmList.h
+++ b/src/realmd/RealmList.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class RealmList
     public:
         typedef std::map<std::string, Realm> RealmMap;
 
+        static RealmList& Instance();
+
         RealmList();
         ~RealmList() {}
 
@@ -61,5 +63,6 @@ class RealmList
         uint32   m_UpdateInterval;
         time_t   m_NextUpdateTime;
 };
+
 #endif
 /// @}