diff --git a/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLEngineHelper.java b/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLEngineHelper.java
index ecacba7..044da0e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLEngineHelper.java
+++ b/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLEngineHelper.java
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ import com.wolfssl.WolfSSLJNIException;
  * @author wolfSSL
  */
 public class WolfSSLEngineHelper {
+
+    /* Cache system and security properties to reduce thread contention */
+    private boolean jsseEnableSniExtension;
+    private boolean jdkTlsTrustNameService;
+    private boolean wolfjsseAutoSni;
+
     private volatile WolfSSLSession ssl = null;
     private WolfSSLImplementSSLSession session = null;
     private WolfSSLParameters params = null;
@@ -105,6 +111,19 @@ public class WolfSSLEngineHelper {
      * global reference allows the Java object to be garbage collected. */
     private WolfSSLInternalVerifyCb wicb = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Private helper method to get System and Security properties.
+     * Called once up front by constructor.
+     */
+    private void getSystemAndSecurityProperties() {
+        this.jsseEnableSniExtension =
+            checkBooleanProperty("jsse.enableSNIExtension", true);
+        this.jdkTlsTrustNameService =
+            checkBooleanProperty("jdk.tls.trustNameService", false);
+        this.wolfjsseAutoSni =
+            checkBooleanProperty("wolfjsse.autoSNI", false);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Always creates a new session
      * @param ssl WOLFSSL session
@@ -119,6 +138,8 @@ public class WolfSSLEngineHelper {
             throw new WolfSSLException("Bad argument");
         }
 
+        getSystemAndSecurityProperties();
+
         this.ssl = ssl;
         this.params = params;
         this.authStore = store;
@@ -144,6 +165,8 @@ public class WolfSSLEngineHelper {
             throw new WolfSSLException("Bad argument");
         }
 
+        getSystemAndSecurityProperties();
+
         this.ssl = ssl;
         this.params = params;
         this.port = port;
@@ -173,6 +196,8 @@ public class WolfSSLEngineHelper {
             throw new WolfSSLException("Bad argument");
         }
 
+        getSystemAndSecurityProperties();
+
         this.ssl = ssl;
         this.params = params;
         this.port = port;
@@ -887,21 +912,7 @@ public class WolfSSLEngineHelper {
      * what String.
      */
     private void setLocalServerNames() {
-        /* Do not add SNI if system property has been set to false */
-        boolean enableSNI =
-            checkBooleanProperty("jsse.enableSNIExtension", true);
-
-        /* Have we been instructed to trust the system name service for
-         * reverse DNS lookups? */
-        boolean trustNameService =
-            checkBooleanProperty("jdk.tls.trustNameService", false);
-
-        /*
-         * Check if automatic SNI setting is enabled via Security property.
-         * This allows users to enable legacy hostname-based SNI behavior
-         * through java.security configuration rather than JVM arguments. */
-        boolean autoSNI = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(
-            Security.getProperty("wolfjsse.autoSNI"));
+        boolean autoSNI = this.wolfjsseAutoSni;
 
         /* Detect HttpsURLConnection usage by checking:
          * - Client mode is set (client-side connection)
@@ -919,7 +930,7 @@ public class WolfSSLEngineHelper {
          * HttpsURLConnection is detected */
         autoSNI = autoSNI || isHttpsConnection;
 
-        if (!enableSNI) {
+        if (!this.jsseEnableSniExtension) {
             WolfSSLDebug.log(getClass(), WolfSSLDebug.INFO,
                 () -> "jsse.enableSNIExtension property set to false, " +
                 "not adding SNI to ClientHello");
@@ -938,7 +949,7 @@ public class WolfSSLEngineHelper {
                     this.ssl.useSNI((byte)sni.getType(), sni.getEncoded());
                 }
             } else if (autoSNI) {
-                if (this.peerAddr != null && trustNameService) {
+                if (this.peerAddr != null && this.jdkTlsTrustNameService) {
                     WolfSSLDebug.log(getClass(), WolfSSLDebug.INFO,
                         () -> "setting SNI extension with " +
                         "InetAddress.getHostName(): " +
diff --git a/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLParameters.java b/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLParameters.java
index 0f06d47..073f385 100644
--- a/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLParameters.java
+++ b/src/java/com/wolfssl/provider/jsse/WolfSSLParameters.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ final class WolfSSLParameters {
             return null;
         } else {
             return Collections.unmodifiableList(
-                    new ArrayList<WolfSSLSNIServerName>(this.serverNames));
+                new ArrayList<WolfSSLSNIServerName>(this.serverNames));
         }
     }