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 80e1567c89..7ad7db8a01 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
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public abstract class InternalLoggerFactory {
 
     private static InternalLoggerFactory useSlf4JLoggerFactory(String name) {
         try {
-            InternalLoggerFactory f = new Slf4JLoggerFactory(true);
+            InternalLoggerFactory f = Slf4JLoggerFactory.INSTANCE_WITH_NOP_CHECK;
             f.newInstance(name).debug("Using SLF4J as the default logging framework");
             return f;
         } catch (LinkageError ignore) {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/Slf4JLoggerFactory.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/Slf4JLoggerFactory.java
index c7a6ed2fc0..512b7b5351 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/Slf4JLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/logging/Slf4JLoggerFactory.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public class Slf4JLoggerFactory extends InternalLoggerFactory {
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public static final InternalLoggerFactory INSTANCE = new Slf4JLoggerFactory();
 
+    static final InternalLoggerFactory INSTANCE_WITH_NOP_CHECK = new Slf4JLoggerFactory(true);
+
     /**
      * @deprecated Use {@link #INSTANCE} instead.
      */