diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/ParsingPathMatcher.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/ParsingPathMatcher.java
index d3f585301d..4344e7183c 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/ParsingPathMatcher.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/ParsingPathMatcher.java
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ public class ParsingPathMatcher implements PathMatcher {
 	private final ConcurrentMap<String, PathPattern> cache =
 			new ConcurrentHashMap<>(64);
 
-	private static final ThreadLocal<PathPatternParser> PARSER
-			= ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> new PathPatternParser());
+	private final PathPatternParser parser = new PathPatternParser();
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean match(String pattern, String path) {
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ public class ParsingPathMatcher implements PathMatcher {
 	private PathPattern getPathPattern(String pattern) {
 		PathPattern pathPattern = this.cache.get(pattern);
 		if (pathPattern == null) {
-			pathPattern = PARSER.get().parse(pattern);
+			pathPattern = this.parser.parse(pattern);
 			this.cache.put(pattern, pathPattern);
 		}
 		return pathPattern;
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/patterns/PathPatternParser.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/patterns/PathPatternParser.java
index 341da7898a..5c56a62f6f 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/patterns/PathPatternParser.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/patterns/PathPatternParser.java
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ public class PathPatternParser {
 	 * @param pathPattern the input path pattern, e.g. /foo/{bar}
 	 * @return a PathPattern for quickly matching paths against the specified path pattern
 	 */
-	public PathPattern parse(String pattern) {
+	public PathPattern parse(String pathPattern) {
 		InternalPathPatternParser ippp = new InternalPathPatternParser(separator, caseSensitive);
-		return ippp.parse(pattern);
+		return ippp.parse(pathPattern);
 	}
 
 }