diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectivePropertyAccessor.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectivePropertyAccessor.java
index d6a8f6e218..ae05a0e8fd 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectivePropertyAccessor.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectivePropertyAccessor.java
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ public class ReflectivePropertyAccessor implements PropertyAccessor {
 	private final Map<PropertyCacheKey, TypeDescriptor> typeDescriptorCache =
 			new ConcurrentHashMap<PropertyCacheKey, TypeDescriptor>(64);
 
-	private InvokerPair lastReadInvokerPair;
+	private final Map<Class<?>, Method[]> sortedMethodsCache =
+			new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Method[]>(64);
+
+	private volatile InvokerPair lastReadInvokerPair;
 
 
 	/**
@@ -277,6 +280,7 @@ public class ReflectivePropertyAccessor implements PropertyAccessor {
 				throw new AccessException("Type conversion failure", evaluationException);
 			}
 		}
+
 		PropertyCacheKey cacheKey = new PropertyCacheKey(type, name, target instanceof Class);
 		Member cachedMember = this.writerCache.get(cacheKey);
 
@@ -400,7 +404,7 @@ public class ReflectivePropertyAccessor implements PropertyAccessor {
 	private Method findMethodForProperty(String[] methodSuffixes, String prefix, Class<?> clazz,
 			boolean mustBeStatic, int numberOfParams, Set<Class<?>> requiredReturnTypes) {
 
-		Method[] methods = getSortedClassMethods(clazz);
+		Method[] methods = getSortedMethods(clazz);
 		for (String methodSuffix : methodSuffixes) {
 			for (Method method : methods) {
 				if (isCandidateForProperty(method, clazz) && method.getName().equals(prefix + methodSuffix) &&
@@ -428,16 +432,20 @@ public class ReflectivePropertyAccessor implements PropertyAccessor {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return class methods ordered with non bridge methods appearing higher.
+	 * Return class methods ordered with non-bridge methods appearing higher.
 	 */
-	private Method[] getSortedClassMethods(Class<?> clazz) {
-		Method[] methods = clazz.getMethods();
-		Arrays.sort(methods, new Comparator<Method>() {
-			@Override
-			public int compare(Method o1, Method o2) {
-				return (o1.isBridge() == o2.isBridge()) ? 0 : (o1.isBridge() ? 1 : -1);
-			}
-		});
+	private Method[] getSortedMethods(Class<?> clazz) {
+		Method[] methods = this.sortedMethodsCache.get(clazz);
+		if (methods == null) {
+			methods = clazz.getMethods();
+			Arrays.sort(methods, new Comparator<Method>() {
+				@Override
+				public int compare(Method o1, Method o2) {
+					return (o1.isBridge() == o2.isBridge()) ? 0 : (o1.isBridge() ? 1 : -1);
+				}
+			});
+			this.sortedMethodsCache.put(clazz, methods);
+		}
 		return methods;
 	}