diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/archive/scan/spi/ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/archive/scan/spi/ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.java
index 9348883695..561c0f8f64 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/archive/scan/spi/ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/archive/scan/spi/ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.java
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ public class ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler implements ArchiveEntryHandler {
 	};
 
 	private final ScanResultCollector resultCollector;
+	private final Indexer indexer;
 
 	public ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler(ScanResultCollector resultCollector) {
 		this.resultCollector = resultCollector;
+		this.indexer = new Indexer();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@ public class ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler implements ArchiveEntryHandler {
 
 	private ClassDescriptor toClassDescriptor(ArchiveEntry entry) {
 		try (InputStream inputStream = entry.getStreamAccess().accessInputStream()) {
-			Indexer indexer = new Indexer();
 			ClassSummary classSummary = indexer.indexWithSummary( inputStream );
 			Index index = indexer.complete();
 			return toClassDescriptor( classSummary, index, entry );