diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/kms/server/KMSJSONReader.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/kms/server/KMSJSONReader.java
index f6f670be0ae..af781f52778 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/kms/server/KMSJSONReader.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/kms/server/KMSJSONReader.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public class KMSJSONReader implements MessageBodyReader<Object> {
+  private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
 
   @Override
   public boolean isReadable(Class<?> type, Type genericType,
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ public class KMSJSONReader implements MessageBodyReader<Object> {
       Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType,
       MultivaluedMap<String, String> httpHeaders, InputStream entityStream)
       throws IOException, WebApplicationException {
-    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-    return mapper.readValue(entityStream, type);
+    return MAPPER.readValue(entityStream, type);
   }
 }