diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/metrics/MetricRegistry.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/metrics/MetricRegistry.java
index c333c26085fdb..c17fdb40735ff 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/metrics/MetricRegistry.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/metrics/MetricRegistry.java
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ private static final class MetricRegistryThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory
 		}
 
 		public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
-			Thread t = new Thread(group, r, "Flink-MetricRegistry-" + threadNumber.incrementAndGet(), 0);
+			Thread t = new Thread(group, r, "Flink-MetricRegistry-" + threadNumber.getAndIncrement(), 0);
 			if (t.isDaemon()) {
 				t.setDaemon(false);
 			}