diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/rxjava/SleuthRxJavaSchedulersProperties.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/rxjava/SleuthRxJavaSchedulersProperties.java
index 568dbf099..007e66d41 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/rxjava/SleuthRxJavaSchedulersProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/rxjava/SleuthRxJavaSchedulersProperties.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class SleuthRxJavaSchedulersProperties {
 	 * Thread names for which spans will not be sampled.
 	 */
 	private String[] ignoredthreads = { "HystrixMetricPoller", "^RxComputation.*$" };
-	private Hook hook;
+	private Hook hook = new Hook();
 
 	public String[] getIgnoredthreads() {
 		return this.ignoredthreads;