diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml b/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml
index e76866a28..ed6b785bb 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ module ResultsTableType = Map.Make (struct
 
 let should_analyze_proc (_,_,proc_name,proc_desc) =
   not (Procname.is_constructor proc_name) &&
+  not (Procname.is_class_initializer proc_name) &&
   Cfg.Procdesc.get_access proc_desc <> PredSymb.Private
 
 (* creates a map from proc_envs to postconditions *)
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/ThreadSafeExample.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/ThreadSafeExample.java
index 256c21550..27b78ea86 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/ThreadSafeExample.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/ThreadSafeExample.java
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 @ThreadSafe
 public class ThreadSafeExample{
 
+  /*Included to make sure infer does not report on class initializers*/
+  static Class<?> A = ThreadSafeExample.class;
+
   Integer f;
 
   public ThreadSafeExample() {