diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java
index 67262aa288..c98a050bf7 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/InternalLoggerFactory.java
@@ -31,15 +31,8 @@ package io.netty.util.internal.logging;
  * as possible and shouldn't be called more than once.
  */
 public abstract class InternalLoggerFactory {
-    private static volatile InternalLoggerFactory defaultFactory;
-
-    static {
-        final String name = InternalLoggerFactory.class.getName();
-        InternalLoggerFactory f;
-        f = newDefaultFactory(name);
-
-        defaultFactory = f;
-    }
+    private static volatile InternalLoggerFactory defaultFactory =
+            newDefaultFactory(InternalLoggerFactory.class.getName());
 
     @SuppressWarnings("UnusedCatchParameter")
     private static InternalLoggerFactory newDefaultFactory(String name) {
@@ -47,7 +40,6 @@ public abstract class InternalLoggerFactory {
         try {
             f = new Slf4JLoggerFactory(true);
             f.newInstance(name).debug("Using SLF4J as the default logging framework");
-            defaultFactory = f;
         } catch (Throwable t1) {
             try {
                 f = new Log4JLoggerFactory();