diff --git a/java/net/ResolverCache.java b/java/net/ResolverCache.java
index d7e5ed407b..75e3ccd9eb 100644
--- a/java/net/ResolverCache.java
+++ b/java/net/ResolverCache.java
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@
  */
 class ResolverCache
 {
+  /**
+   * The cache itself.  It is declared before the TTLs: computing them can
+   * load classes that resolve names, and the cache must exist by then.
+   * Lookups made during that time see both TTLs as 0, so their results
+   * are not cached.
+   */
+  private static HashMap<Object, Entry> cache = new HashMap<Object, Entry>();
+
+  /**
+   * List of entries which may expire.
+   */
+  private static LinkedList<Entry> killqueue = new LinkedList<Entry>();
+
   /**
    * The time in seconds for which successful lookups are cached.
    */
@@ -94,16 +107,6 @@ private static int getTTL(String propName, int defaultValue)
     return Integer.parseInt(propValue);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * The cache itself.
-   */
-  private static HashMap<Object, Entry> cache = new HashMap<Object, Entry>();
-
-  /**
-   * List of entries which may expire.
-   */
-  private static LinkedList<Entry> killqueue = new LinkedList<Entry>();
-
   /**
    * Return the hostname for the specified IP address.
    *