diff --git a/android/guava/src/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.java b/android/guava/src/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.java
index 69b095d7e307..5d21c5b1833f 100644
--- a/android/guava/src/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.java
+++ b/android/guava/src/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.java
@@ -271,7 +271,10 @@ public long read() {
         }
       };
 
-  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(CacheBuilder.class.getName());
+  // We use a holder class to delay initialization: https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6566
+  private static final class LoggerHolder {
+    static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(CacheBuilder.class.getName());
+  }
 
   static final int UNSET_INT = -1;
 
@@ -950,7 +953,8 @@ private void checkWeightWithWeigher() {
         checkState(maximumWeight != UNSET_INT, "weigher requires maximumWeight");
       } else {
         if (maximumWeight == UNSET_INT) {
-          logger.log(Level.WARNING, "ignoring weigher specified without maximumWeight");
+          LoggerHolder.logger.log(
+              Level.WARNING, "ignoring weigher specified without maximumWeight");
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/guava/src/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.java b/guava/src/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.java
index 6e6458651397..bbb2b185b5f5 100644
--- a/guava/src/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.java
+++ b/guava/src/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.java
@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ public long read() {
         }
       };
 
-  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(CacheBuilder.class.getName());
+  // We use a holder class to delay initialization: https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6566
+  private static final class LoggerHolder {
+    static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(CacheBuilder.class.getName());
+  }
 
   static final int UNSET_INT = -1;
 
@@ -1056,7 +1059,8 @@ private void checkWeightWithWeigher() {
         checkState(maximumWeight != UNSET_INT, "weigher requires maximumWeight");
       } else {
         if (maximumWeight == UNSET_INT) {
-          logger.log(Level.WARNING, "ignoring weigher specified without maximumWeight");
+          LoggerHolder.logger.log(
+              Level.WARNING, "ignoring weigher specified without maximumWeight");
         }
       }
     }