diff --git a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDFileAnalysis.ml b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDFileAnalysis.ml
index e35e5ddb6..33e171121 100644
--- a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDFileAnalysis.ml
+++ b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDFileAnalysis.ml
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ let should_report_on_proc tenv procdesc =
          requested via @ThreadSafe in java *)
       RacerDModels.is_thread_safe_method proc_name tenv
       || (not (PredSymb.equal_access (Procdesc.get_access procdesc) Private))
+         && (not (Procname.Java.is_class_initializer java_pname))
          && (not (Procname.Java.is_autogen_method java_pname))
          && not (Annotations.pdesc_return_annot_ends_with procdesc Annotations.visibleForTesting)
   | ObjC_Cpp objc_cpp when Procname.ObjC_Cpp.is_cpp_lambda objc_cpp ->
diff --git a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.ml b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.ml
index 84be865a8..263c85099 100644
--- a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.ml
+++ b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.ml
@@ -343,8 +343,7 @@ let should_analyze_proc tenv pn =
   (not
      ( match pn with
      | Procname.Java java_pname ->
-         Procname.Java.is_class_initializer java_pname
-         || Typ.Name.Java.is_external (Procname.Java.get_class_type_name java_pname)
+         Typ.Name.Java.is_external (Procname.Java.get_class_type_name java_pname)
      (* third party code may be hard to change, not useful to report races there *)
      | _ ->
          false ))
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/racerd/Containers.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/racerd/Containers.java
index 83ad44da4..d647203b3 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/racerd/Containers.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/racerd/Containers.java
@@ -386,4 +386,10 @@ class Containers {
   byte[] raceOnMacDoFinalBad() {
     return mac.doFinal();
   }
+
+  static Set<Integer> staticSyncSet = new ConcurrentSkipListSet<Integer>();
+
+  static void staticAddToSyncIntegerSetOk(int s) {
+    staticSyncSet.add(s);
+  }
 }