diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ReactorSleuth.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ReactorSleuth.java
index 666f73bb0..e6dbaa3c1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ReactorSleuth.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ReactorSleuth.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.instrument.reactor;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.function.BooleanSupplier;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -84,8 +86,7 @@ public abstract class ReactorSleuth {
 							+ "]");
 				}
 
-				return scopePassingSpanSubscription(beanFactory.getBean(Tracing.class),
-						sub);
+				return scopePassingSpanSubscription(beanFactory, sub);
 			}
 			if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
 				log.trace("Spring Context [" + beanFactory
@@ -104,9 +105,12 @@ public abstract class ReactorSleuth {
 				scannable.name());
 	}
 
-	static <T> CoreSubscriber<? super T> scopePassingSpanSubscription(Tracing tracing,
-			CoreSubscriber<? super T> sub) {
+	private static Map<BeanFactory, Tracing> CACHE = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
+	static <T> CoreSubscriber<? super T> scopePassingSpanSubscription(
+			BeanFactory beanFactory, CoreSubscriber<? super T> sub) {
+		Tracing tracing = CACHE.computeIfAbsent(beanFactory,
+				beanFactory1 -> beanFactory1.getBean(Tracing.class));
 		Context context = sub.currentContext();
 
 		Span root = context.hasKey(Span.class) ? context.get(Span.class)
diff --git a/tests/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation-reactor-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ScopePassingSpanSubscriberTests.java b/tests/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation-reactor-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ScopePassingSpanSubscriberTests.java
index f37571e97..fd110e04a 100644
--- a/tests/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation-reactor-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ScopePassingSpanSubscriberTests.java
+++ b/tests/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation-reactor-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ScopePassingSpanSubscriberTests.java
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ import brave.Tracer;
 import brave.Tracing;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.BDDMockito;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import reactor.core.CoreSubscriber;
 import reactor.core.publisher.BaseSubscriber;
 import reactor.util.context.Context;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions.then;
 
 /**
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ public class ScopePassingSpanSubscriberTests {
 		try (Tracer.SpanInScope ws = this.tracing.tracer()
 				.withSpanInScope(span.start())) {
 			CoreSubscriber<?> subscriber = ReactorSleuth.scopePassingSpanSubscription(
-					this.tracing, new BaseSubscriber<Object>() {
+					beanFactory(), new BaseSubscriber<Object>() {
 					});
 
 			then(subscriber.currentContext().get(Span.class)).isEqualTo(span);
@@ -66,4 +69,10 @@ public class ScopePassingSpanSubscriberTests {
 
 	}
 
+	private BeanFactory beanFactory() {
+		BeanFactory beanFactory = BDDMockito.mock(BeanFactory.class);
+		BDDMockito.given(beanFactory.getBean(Tracing.class)).willReturn(this.tracing);
+		return beanFactory;
+	}
+
 }