diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/ewma.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/ewma.lua
index 0ab4e6544..7f0bd7740 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/ewma.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/balancer/ewma.lua
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ local split = require("util.split")
 local DECAY_TIME = 10 -- this value is in seconds
 local PICK_SET_SIZE = 2
 
-local balancer_ewma = {}
-local balancer_ewma_last_touched_at = {}
-
 local _M = { name = "ewma" }
 
 local function decay_ewma(ewma, last_touched_at, rtt, now)
@@ -25,28 +22,28 @@ local function decay_ewma(ewma, last_touched_at, rtt, now)
   return ewma
 end
 
-local function get_or_update_ewma(upstream, rtt, update)
-  local ewma = balancer_ewma[upstream] or 0
+local function get_or_update_ewma(self, upstream, rtt, update)
+  local ewma = self.ewma[upstream] or 0
 
   local now = ngx.now()
-  local last_touched_at = balancer_ewma_last_touched_at[upstream] or 0
+  local last_touched_at = self.ewma_last_touched_at[upstream] or 0
   ewma = decay_ewma(ewma, last_touched_at, rtt, now)
 
   if not update then
     return ewma, nil
   end
 
-  balancer_ewma_last_touched_at[upstream] = now
-  balancer_ewma[upstream] = ewma
+  self.ewma[upstream] = ewma
+  self.ewma_last_touched_at[upstream] = now
   return ewma, nil
 end
 
 
-local function score(upstream)
+local function score(self, upstream)
   -- Original implementation used names
   -- Endpoints don't have names, so passing in IP:Port as key instead
   local upstream_name = upstream.address .. ":" .. upstream.port
-  return get_or_update_ewma(upstream_name, 0, false)
+  return get_or_update_ewma(self, upstream_name, 0, false)
 end
 
 -- implementation similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Yates_shuffle
@@ -62,12 +59,12 @@ local function shuffle_peers(peers, k)
   -- peers[1 .. k] will now contain a randomly selected k from #peers
 end
 
-local function pick_and_score(peers, k)
+local function pick_and_score(self, peers, k)
   shuffle_peers(peers, k)
   local lowest_score_index = 1
-  local lowest_score = score(peers[lowest_score_index])
+  local lowest_score = score(self, peers[lowest_score_index])
   for i = 2, k do
-    local new_score = score(peers[i])
+    local new_score = score(self, peers[i])
     if new_score < lowest_score then
       lowest_score_index, lowest_score = i, new_score
     end
@@ -82,14 +79,14 @@ function _M.balance(self)
   if #peers > 1 then
     local k = (#peers < PICK_SET_SIZE) and #peers or PICK_SET_SIZE
     local peer_copy = util.deepcopy(peers)
-    endpoint = pick_and_score(peer_copy, k)
+    endpoint = pick_and_score(self, peer_copy, k)
   end
 
   -- TODO(elvinefendi) move this processing to _M.sync
   return endpoint.address .. ":" .. endpoint.port
 end
 
-function _M.after_balance(_)
+function _M.after_balance(self)
   local response_time = tonumber(split.get_first_value(ngx.var.upstream_response_time)) or 0
   local connect_time = tonumber(split.get_first_value(ngx.var.upstream_connect_time)) or 0
   local rtt = connect_time + response_time
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ function _M.after_balance(_)
   if util.is_blank(upstream) then
     return
   end
-  get_or_update_ewma(upstream, rtt, true)
+  get_or_update_ewma(self, upstream, rtt, true)
 end
 
 function _M.sync(self, backend)
@@ -111,15 +108,15 @@ function _M.sync(self, backend)
   end
 
   self.peers = backend.endpoints
-
-  -- TODO: Reset state of EWMA per backend
-  balancer_ewma = {}
-  balancer_ewma_last_touched_at = {}
+  self.ewma = {}
+  self.ewma_last_touched_at = {}
 end
 
 function _M.new(self, backend)
   local o = {
     peers = backend.endpoints,
+    ewma = {},
+    ewma_last_touched_at = {},
     traffic_shaping_policy = backend.trafficShapingPolicy,
     alternative_backends = backend.alternativeBackends,
   }