diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
index 2bb0759..d067ae7 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
@@ -315,9 +315,14 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private class HiddenApiUsageLogger implements VMRuntime.HiddenApiUsageLogger {
+    private static class HiddenApiUsageLogger implements VMRuntime.HiddenApiUsageLogger {
 
         private final MetricsLogger mMetricsLogger = new MetricsLogger();
+        private static HiddenApiUsageLogger sInstance = new HiddenApiUsageLogger();
+
+        public static HiddenApiUsageLogger getInstance() {
+            return HiddenApiUsageLogger.sInstance;
+        }
 
         public void hiddenApiUsed(String packageName, String signature,
                 int accessMethod, boolean accessDenied) {
@@ -351,7 +356,7 @@
     private void handleHiddenApiAccessLogSampleRate(int samplingRate) {
         try {
             ZygoteInit.setHiddenApiAccessLogSampleRate(samplingRate);
-            ZygoteInit.setHiddenApiUsageLogger(new HiddenApiUsageLogger());
+            ZygoteInit.setHiddenApiUsageLogger(HiddenApiUsageLogger.getInstance());
             mSocketOutStream.writeInt(0);
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Error writing to command socket", ioe);