From 3a9cc6518e428dd2e28b7cb1fe1ce2fd990b28a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Sicker <matthew.sicker@ahold.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 12:27:59 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix LOG4J2-377.

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 .../src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/LoggerContext.java     | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/LoggerContext.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/LoggerContext.java
index 0f54272..3283649 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/LoggerContext.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/LoggerContext.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class LoggerContext implements org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.LoggerContext
 
     public static final String PROPERTY_CONFIG = "config";
     private static final StatusLogger LOGGER = StatusLogger.getLogger();
+    private static final Configuration NULL_CONFIGURATION = new NullConfiguration();
 
     private final ConcurrentMap<String, Logger> loggers = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Logger>();
     private final CopyOnWriteArrayList<PropertyChangeListener> propertyChangeListeners = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<PropertyChangeListener>();
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ public class LoggerContext implements org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.LoggerContext
                 shutdownThread = null;
             }
             final Configuration prev = config;
-            config = new NullConfiguration();
+            config = NULL_CONFIGURATION;
             updateLoggers();
             prev.stop();
             externalContext = null;
-- 
1.8.5.2