diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlbeans/impl/logging/XmlBeansLogManager.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlbeans/impl/logging/XmlBeansLogManager.java
index e89587690..623d8ea2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlbeans/impl/logging/XmlBeansLogManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlbeans/impl/logging/XmlBeansLogManager.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public final class XmlBeansLogManager {
 
     // Sleep time in milliseconds (10 minutes)
     private static final long SLEEP_TIME = 10 * 60 * 1000;
-    private static long LAST_TIME = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    private static long LAST_TIME = 0;
 
     private XmlBeansLogManager() {
     }