diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/internals/AbstractStream.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/internals/AbstractStream.java
index 51fe820a52d18..41cdec2269a44 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/internals/AbstractStream.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/internals/AbstractStream.java
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ public VR apply(final K readOnlyKey, final V value) {
 
     static <K, V, VR> InternalValueTransformerWithKeySupplier<K, V, VR> toInternalValueTransformerSupplier(final ValueTransformerSupplier<V, VR> valueTransformerSupplier) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(valueTransformerSupplier, "valueTransformerSupplier can't be null");
-        final ValueTransformer<V, VR> valueTransformer = valueTransformerSupplier.get();
         return new InternalValueTransformerWithKeySupplier<K, V, VR>() {
             @Override
             public InternalValueTransformerWithKey<K, V, VR> get() {
+                final ValueTransformer<V, VR> valueTransformer = valueTransformerSupplier.get();
                 return new InternalValueTransformerWithKey<K, V, VR>() {
                     @Override
                     public VR punctuate(final long timestamp) {
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ public void close() {
 
     static <K, V, VR> InternalValueTransformerWithKeySupplier<K, V, VR> toInternalValueTransformerSupplier(final ValueTransformerWithKeySupplier<K, V, VR> valueTransformerWithKeySupplier) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(valueTransformerWithKeySupplier, "valueTransformerSupplier can't be null");
-        final ValueTransformerWithKey<K, V, VR> valueTransformerWithKey = valueTransformerWithKeySupplier.get();
         return new InternalValueTransformerWithKeySupplier<K, V, VR>() {
             @Override
             public InternalValueTransformerWithKey<K, V, VR> get() {
+                final ValueTransformerWithKey<K, V, VR> valueTransformerWithKey = valueTransformerWithKeySupplier.get();
                 return new InternalValueTransformerWithKey<K, V, VR>() {
                     @Override
                     public VR punctuate(final long timestamp) {
diff --git a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/internals/AbstractStreamTest.java b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/internals/AbstractStreamTest.java
index e16d8e48ad255..dcfb9ba5d789e 100644
--- a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/internals/AbstractStreamTest.java
+++ b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/internals/AbstractStreamTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.Consumed;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.StreamsBuilder;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.KStream;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.ValueTransformerSupplier;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.ValueTransformerWithKeySupplier;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.AbstractProcessor;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.Processor;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.ProcessorSupplier;
@@ -30,6 +32,10 @@
 
 import java.util.Random;
 
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.verify;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class AbstractStreamTest {
@@ -38,6 +44,33 @@ public class AbstractStreamTest {
     @Rule
     public final KStreamTestDriver driver = new KStreamTestDriver();
 
+    @Test
+    public void testToInternlValueTransformerSupplierSuppliesNewTransformers() {
+        final ValueTransformerSupplier vts = createMock(ValueTransformerSupplier.class);
+        expect(vts.get()).andReturn(null).times(3);
+        final InternalValueTransformerWithKeySupplier ivtwks =
+            AbstractStream.toInternalValueTransformerSupplier(vts);
+        replay(vts);
+        ivtwks.get();
+        ivtwks.get();
+        ivtwks.get();
+        verify(vts);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testToInternalValueTransformerSupplierSuppliesNewTransformers() {
+        final ValueTransformerWithKeySupplier vtwks =
+            createMock(ValueTransformerWithKeySupplier.class);
+        expect(vtwks.get()).andReturn(null).times(3);
+        final InternalValueTransformerWithKeySupplier ivtwks =
+            AbstractStream.toInternalValueTransformerSupplier(vtwks);
+        replay(vtwks);
+        ivtwks.get();
+        ivtwks.get();
+        ivtwks.get();
+        verify(vtwks);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testShouldBeExtensible() {
         final StreamsBuilder builder = new StreamsBuilder();