diff --git a/common-tools/clas-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/CLASResources.java b/common-tools/clas-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/CLASResources.java
index 3268fb7ae4..6e06bd2270 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/CLASResources.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/CLASResources.java
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ public class CLASResources {
    
     private static volatile SchemaFactory FULL_SCHEMA = null;
 
-    public static SchemaFactory getFullSchema() {
-        synchronized (FULL_SCHEMA) {
-            if (FULL_SCHEMA == null) {
-                FULL_SCHEMA = new SchemaFactory();
-                FULL_SCHEMA.initFromDirectory(getResourcePath("etc/bankdefs/hipo4"));
-            }
+    public static synchronized SchemaFactory getFullSchema() {
+        if (FULL_SCHEMA == null) {
+            FULL_SCHEMA = new SchemaFactory();
+            FULL_SCHEMA.initFromDirectory(getResourcePath("etc/bankdefs/hipo4"));
         }
         SchemaFactory s = new SchemaFactory();
         s.copy(FULL_SCHEMA);