diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/functions/VirtualMachineToNodeMetadata.java b/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/functions/VirtualMachineToNodeMetadata.java
index 904c83fbdd..c0aaadf428 100644
--- a/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/functions/VirtualMachineToNodeMetadata.java
+++ b/apis/cloudstack/src/main/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/functions/VirtualMachineToNodeMetadata.java
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ public class VirtualMachineToNodeMetadata implements Function<VirtualMachine, No
 
       builder.status(vmStateToNodeStatus.get(from.getState()));
 
-      Set<String> publicAddresses = newHashSet(), privateAddresses = newHashSet();
+      Set<String> publicAddresses = newHashSet();
+      Set<String> privateAddresses = newHashSet();
       if (from.getIPAddress() != null) {
          boolean isPrivate = isPrivateIPAddress(from.getIPAddress());
          if (isPrivate) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/crypto/Sha512Crypt.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/crypto/Sha512Crypt.java
index 0784693ffd..3a0059e3b7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/crypto/Sha512Crypt.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/crypto/Sha512Crypt.java
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ public class Sha512Crypt {
       byte[] temp_result;
       byte[] p_bytes = null;
       byte[] s_bytes = null;
-      int cnt, cnt2;
+      int cnt;
+      int cnt2;
       int rounds = ROUNDS_DEFAULT; // Default number of rounds.
       StringBuilder buffer;
 
diff --git a/labs/abiquo/src/main/java/org/jclouds/abiquo/domain/infrastructure/Machine.java b/labs/abiquo/src/main/java/org/jclouds/abiquo/domain/infrastructure/Machine.java
index 233a14fbb3..b556e2c892 100644
--- a/labs/abiquo/src/main/java/org/jclouds/abiquo/domain/infrastructure/Machine.java
+++ b/labs/abiquo/src/main/java/org/jclouds/abiquo/domain/infrastructure/Machine.java
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ public class Machine extends AbstractPhysicalMachine {
    public static class Builder {
       private RestContext<AbiquoApi, AbiquoAsyncApi> context;
 
-      private String name, description;
+      private String name;
+
+      private String description;
 
       private Integer virtualRamInMb;
 
diff --git a/labs/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/IMachineToIpAddress.java b/labs/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/IMachineToIpAddress.java
index f7a97e5d03..9acd185552 100644
--- a/labs/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/IMachineToIpAddress.java
+++ b/labs/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/IMachineToIpAddress.java
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ public class IMachineToIpAddress implements Function<IMachine, String> {
    public String apply(IMachine machine) {
 
       String macAddress = machine.getNetworkAdapter(0l).getMACAddress();
-      int offset = 0, step = 2;
+      int offset = 0;
+      int step = 2;
       for (int j = 1; j <= 5; j++) {
          macAddress = new StringBuilder(macAddress).insert(j * step + offset, ":").toString().toLowerCase();
          offset++;
diff --git a/labs/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/NodeCreator.java b/labs/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/NodeCreator.java
index 748bee31fe..cc4de802ac 100644
--- a/labs/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/NodeCreator.java
+++ b/labs/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/NodeCreator.java
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ public class NodeCreator implements Function<NodeSpec, NodeAndInitialCredentials
    }
 
    private long findSlotForNetworkAttachment(IMachine clone, NetworkAttachmentType networkAttachmentType) {
-      long slot = -1, i = 0;
+      long slot = -1;
+      long i = 0;
       while (slot == -1 && i < 4) {
          if(clone.getNetworkAdapter(i).getAttachmentType().equals(networkAttachmentType))
             slot = i;
diff --git a/resources/checkstyle.xml b/resources/checkstyle.xml
index 40d51b4380..8270b15cc9 100644
--- a/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
             <property name="max" value="120"/>
         </module>
         <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
+        <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
         <module name="UnusedImports"/>
     </module>
 </module>