diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/HttpClientProvider.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/HttpClientProvider.java
index 4f3a11bd2b9..a9f7e965404 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/HttpClientProvider.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/HttpClientProvider.java
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ public interface HttpClientProvider
             Log.getLogger(HttpClientProvider.class).ignore(ignore);
         }
 
-        return new HttpClientProvider(){}.newHttpClient();
+        return HttpClientProvider.newDefaultHttpClient();
     }
 
-    default HttpClient newHttpClient()
+    private static HttpClient newDefaultHttpClient()
     {
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient(new SslContextFactory());
         QueuedThreadPool threadPool = new QueuedThreadPool();
@@ -50,4 +50,9 @@ public interface HttpClientProvider
         client.setExecutor(threadPool);
         return client;
     }
+
+    default HttpClient newHttpClient()
+    {
+        return newDefaultHttpClient();
+    }
 }