diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/Logging.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/Logging.scala
index c51050c13d..66a0cfec62 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/Logging.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/Logging.scala
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ private[spark] trait Logging {
 
   // Make the log field transient so that objects with Logging can
   // be serialized and used on another machine
-  @transient lazy val log: Logger = {
-    initializeLogIfNecessary(false)
-    LoggerFactory.getLogger(logName)
-  }
+  @transient private var log_ : Logger = null
 
   // Method to get the logger name for this object
   protected def logName = {
@@ -43,6 +40,15 @@ private[spark] trait Logging {
     this.getClass.getName.stripSuffix("$")
   }
 
+  // Method to get or create the logger for this object
+  protected def log: Logger = {
+    if (log_ == null) {
+      initializeLogIfNecessary(false)
+      log_ = LoggerFactory.getLogger(logName)
+    }
+    log_
+  }
+
   // Log methods that take only a String
   protected def logInfo(msg: => String) {
     if (log.isInfoEnabled) log.info(msg)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
index e88e4ad475..99e6d39583 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ private[spark] class MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend(
       d: org.apache.mesos.SchedulerDriver, frameworkId: FrameworkID, masterInfo: MasterInfo) {
     appId = frameworkId.getValue
     mesosExternalShuffleClient.foreach(_.init(appId))
-    logInfo("Registered as framework ID " + appId)
     markRegistered()
   }