diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Data/Data/Core/TxScopeTransactionManager.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Data/Data/Core/TxScopeTransactionManager.cs
index ec7c2003..52fd03fd 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Data/Data/Core/TxScopeTransactionManager.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Data/Data/Core/TxScopeTransactionManager.cs
@@ -35,15 +35,16 @@ namespace Spring.Data.Core
     /// <author>Mark Pollack (.NET)</author>
     public class TxScopeTransactionManager : AbstractPlatformTransactionManager, IInitializingObject
     {
-        private ITransactionScopeAdapter txAdapter;
+        private readonly ITransactionScopeAdapter txAdapter;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TxScopeTransactionManager"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         public TxScopeTransactionManager()
         {
-            
+            // noop
         }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TxScopeTransactionManager"/> class.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Data/Transaction/Support/AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Data/Transaction/Support/AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.cs
index 2026d9f4..80f4eb34 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Data/Transaction/Support/AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Data/Transaction/Support/AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.cs
@@ -129,10 +129,15 @@ namespace Spring.Transaction.Support
 
         #region Logging Definition
 
-        [NonSerialized()] protected ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof (AbstractPlatformTransactionManager));
+        [NonSerialized()] protected readonly ILog log;
 
         #endregion
 
+        protected AbstractPlatformTransactionManager()
+        {
+            log = LogManager.GetLogger(this.GetType());
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Public Properties