diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.java
index efc4ea7fa5..a083b9b26e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.java
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.type.filter.TypeFilter;
 
 /**
- * A {@link TypeFilter} implementation that matches registered auto-configuration
- * classes.
+ * A {@link TypeFilter} implementation that matches registered auto-configuration classes.
  *
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
  * @since 1.5.0
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ public class AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter implements TypeFilter, BeanClassLoad
 
 	private ClassLoader beanClassLoader;
 
-	private List<String> candidateAutoConfigurations;
+	private volatile List<String> autoConfigurations;
 
 	@Override
 	public void setBeanClassLoader(ClassLoader beanClassLoader) {
@@ -50,22 +49,22 @@ public class AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter implements TypeFilter, BeanClassLoad
 		return isConfiguration(metadataReader) && isAutoConfiguration(metadataReader);
 	}
 
-	protected List<String> getCandidateAutoConfigurations() {
-		if (this.candidateAutoConfigurations == null) {
-			this.candidateAutoConfigurations = SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactoryNames(
-					EnableAutoConfiguration.class, this.beanClassLoader);
-		}
-		return this.candidateAutoConfigurations;
-	}
-
 	private boolean isConfiguration(MetadataReader metadataReader) {
 		return metadataReader.getAnnotationMetadata()
 				.isAnnotated(Configuration.class.getName());
 	}
 
 	private boolean isAutoConfiguration(MetadataReader metadataReader) {
-		return getCandidateAutoConfigurations().contains(
-				metadataReader.getClassMetadata().getClassName());
+		return getAutoConfigurations()
+				.contains(metadataReader.getClassMetadata().getClassName());
+	}
+
+	protected List<String> getAutoConfigurations() {
+		if (this.autoConfigurations == null) {
+			this.autoConfigurations = SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactoryNames(
+					EnableAutoConfiguration.class, this.beanClassLoader);
+		}
+		return this.autoConfigurations;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests.java
index 411f10b048..dde957cb25 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  */
 public class AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests {
 
+	private static final Class<?> FILTERED = ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration.class;
+
 	@Rule
 	public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
 
@@ -59,10 +61,9 @@ public class AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests {
 		assertThat(this.context.getBeansOfType(String.class)).hasSize(1);
 		assertThat(this.context.getBean(String.class)).isEqualTo("test");
 		this.thrown.expect(NoSuchBeanDefinitionException.class);
-		this.context.getBean(ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration.class);
+		this.context.getBean(FILTERED);
 	}
 
-
 	@Configuration
 	@ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = ExampleConfiguration.class, excludeFilters = @ComponentScan.Filter(type = FilterType.CUSTOM, classes = TestAutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.class))
 	static class Config {
@@ -71,10 +72,12 @@ public class AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests {
 
 	static class TestAutoConfigurationExcludeFilter
 			extends AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter {
+
 		@Override
-		protected List<String> getCandidateAutoConfigurations() {
-			return Collections.singletonList(ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration.class.getName());
+		protected List<String> getAutoConfigurations() {
+			return Collections.singletonList(FILTERED.getName());
 		}
+
 	}
 
 }