diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java
index c4a37f850c3c..c39879837a7d 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ public Thread newThread(Runnable runnable)
             thread.setDaemon(isDaemon());
             thread.setPriority(getThreadsPriority());
             thread.setName(_name + "-" + thread.getId());
-            thread.setContextClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+            thread.setContextClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader());
             return thread;
         });
     }