diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializer.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializer.java
index ad574752a8..d3d9bbd05c 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializer.java
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ public abstract class SpringBootServletInitializer implements WebApplicationInit
 
 	@Override
 	public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
-		WebApplicationContext rootAppContext = this
-				.createRootApplicationContext(servletContext);
+		WebApplicationContext rootAppContext = createRootApplicationContext(servletContext);
 		if (rootAppContext != null) {
 			servletContext.addListener(new ContextLoaderListener(rootAppContext) {
 				@Override