diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/StringHttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/StringHttpMessageConverter.java
index dc15005483..b8c6a1943d 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/StringHttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/StringHttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class StringHttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConverter<Str
 	public static final Charset DEFAULT_CHARSET = Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1");
 
 
-	private final List<Charset> availableCharsets;
+	private volatile List<Charset> availableCharsets;
 
 	private boolean writeAcceptCharset = true;
 
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ public class StringHttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConverter<Str
 	 */
 	public StringHttpMessageConverter(Charset defaultCharset) {
 		super(defaultCharset, MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN, MediaType.ALL);
-		this.availableCharsets = new ArrayList<Charset>(Charset.availableCharsets().values());
 	}
 
 
@@ -115,6 +114,10 @@ public class StringHttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConverter<Str
 	 * @return the list of accepted charsets
 	 */
 	protected List<Charset> getAcceptedCharsets() {
+		if (this.availableCharsets == null) {
+			this.availableCharsets = new ArrayList<Charset>(
+					Charset.availableCharsets().values());
+		}
 		return this.availableCharsets;
 	}