diff --git a/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/testing.adoc b/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/testing.adoc
index 5948e41d1e..9504bf1cfd 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/testing.adoc
+++ b/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/antora/modules/ROOT/pages/testing.adoc
@@ -162,21 +162,20 @@ public final class EmbeddedKafkaHolder {
 
     public static EmbeddedKafkaBroker getEmbeddedKafka() {
         if (!started) {
-            try {
-                embeddedKafka.afterPropertiesSet();
-            }
-            catch (Exception e) {
-                throw new KafkaException("Embedded broker failed to start", e);
-            }
-            started = true;
+            synchronized (this) {
+		if (!started) {
+		    try {
+	                embeddedKafka.afterPropertiesSet();
+		    }
+	            catch (Exception e) {
+	                throw new KafkaException("Embedded broker failed to start", e);
+		    }
+	            started = true;
+		}
+	    }
         }
         return embeddedKafka;
     }
-
-    private EmbeddedKafkaHolder() {
-        super();
-    }
-
 }
 ----