diff --git a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
index f03f85293..e46ba1463 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
@@ -372,9 +372,15 @@ require __DIR__ . '/ClassLoader.php';
 
 class ComposerAutoloaderInit$suffix
 {
+    private static \$loader;
+
     public static function getLoader()
     {
-        \$loader = new \\Composer\\Autoload\\ClassLoader();
+        if (null !== static::\$loader) {
+            return static::\$loader;
+        }
+
+        static::\$loader = \$loader = new \\Composer\\Autoload\\ClassLoader();
         \$vendorDir = $vendorPathCode;
         \$baseDir = $appBaseDirCode;
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_files_by_dependency.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_files_by_dependency.php
index 6837914e3..07c8db3b4 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_files_by_dependency.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_files_by_dependency.php
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ require __DIR__ . '/ClassLoader.php';
 
 class ComposerAutoloaderInitFilesAutoloadOrder
 {
+    private static $loader;
+
     public static function getLoader()
     {
-        $loader = new \Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader();
+        if (null !== static::$loader) {
+            return static::$loader;
+        }
+
+        static::$loader = $loader = new \Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader();
         $vendorDir = dirname(__DIR__);
         $baseDir = dirname($vendorDir);
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_functions.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_functions.php
index bfeb45024..6cb37bb0b 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_functions.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_functions.php
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ require __DIR__ . '/ClassLoader.php';
 
 class ComposerAutoloaderInitFilesAutoload
 {
+    private static $loader;
+
     public static function getLoader()
     {
-        $loader = new \Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader();
+        if (null !== static::$loader) {
+            return static::$loader;
+        }
+
+        static::$loader = $loader = new \Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader();
         $vendorDir = dirname(__DIR__);
         $baseDir = dirname($vendorDir);
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_target_dir.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_target_dir.php
index ed8c68011..960df2e2a 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_target_dir.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Autoload/Fixtures/autoload_real_target_dir.php
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ require __DIR__ . '/ClassLoader.php';
 
 class ComposerAutoloaderInitTargetDir
 {
+    private static $loader;
+
     public static function getLoader()
     {
-        $loader = new \Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader();
+        if (null !== static::$loader) {
+            return static::$loader;
+        }
+
+        static::$loader = $loader = new \Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader();
         $vendorDir = dirname(__DIR__);
         $baseDir = dirname($vendorDir);