diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/QueryOptions.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/QueryOptions.java
index afc5bacc38c1..e9313e50f29c 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/QueryOptions.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/QueryOptions.java
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static ReadThresholds create()
             // if daemon initialization hasn't happened yet (very common in tests) then ignore
             if (!DatabaseDescriptor.isDaemonInitialized() || !DatabaseDescriptor.getReadThresholdsEnabled())
                 return DisabledReadThresholds.INSTANCE;
-            return new DefaultReadThresholds(DatabaseDescriptor.getCoordinatorReadSizeWarnThreshold(), DatabaseDescriptor.getCoordinatorReadSizeFailThreshold());
+            return DefaultReadThresholds.INSTANCE;
         }
     }
 
@@ -351,14 +351,7 @@ public long getCoordinatorReadSizeFailThresholdBytes()
 
     private static class DefaultReadThresholds implements ReadThresholds
     {
-        private final long warnThresholdBytes;
-        private final long abortThresholdBytes;
-
-        public DefaultReadThresholds(DataStorageSpec.LongBytesBound warnThreshold, DataStorageSpec.LongBytesBound abortThreshold)
-        {
-            this.warnThresholdBytes = warnThreshold == null ? -1 : warnThreshold.toBytes();
-            this.abortThresholdBytes = abortThreshold == null ? -1 : abortThreshold.toBytes();
-        }
+        private static final DefaultReadThresholds INSTANCE = new DefaultReadThresholds();
 
         @Override
         public boolean isEnabled()
@@ -369,13 +362,15 @@ public boolean isEnabled()
         @Override
         public long getCoordinatorReadSizeWarnThresholdBytes()
         {
-            return warnThresholdBytes;
+            DataStorageSpec.LongBytesBound warnThreshold = DatabaseDescriptor.getCoordinatorReadSizeWarnThreshold();
+            return warnThreshold == null ? -1 : warnThreshold.toBytes();
         }
 
         @Override
         public long getCoordinatorReadSizeFailThresholdBytes()
         {
-            return abortThresholdBytes;
+            DataStorageSpec.LongBytesBound abortThreshold = DatabaseDescriptor.getCoordinatorReadSizeFailThreshold();
+            return abortThreshold == null ? -1 : abortThreshold.toBytes();
         }
     }