diff --git a/pluggy/__init__.py b/pluggy/__init__.py
index 46011b8e..27d9632a 100644
--- a/pluggy/__init__.py
+++ b/pluggy/__init__.py
@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ def __init__(self, project_name, implprefix=None):
         self._implprefix = implprefix
         self._inner_hookexec = lambda hook, methods, kwargs: \
             hook.multicall(
-                methods, kwargs, specopts=hook.spec_opts, hook=hook
+                methods,
+                kwargs,
+                specopts=hook.spec.opts['firstresult'] if hook.spec else False,
+                hook=hook
             )
 
     def _hookexec(self, hook, methods, kwargs):
@@ -360,7 +363,7 @@ def _verify_hook(self, hook, hookimpl):
                 (hookimpl.plugin_name, hook.name))
 
         # positional arg checking
-        notinspec = set(hookimpl.argnames) - set(hook.argnames)
+        notinspec = set(hookimpl.argnames) - set(hook.spec.argnames)
         if notinspec:
             raise PluginValidationError(
                 "Plugin %r for hook %r\nhookimpl definition: %s\n"
@@ -453,8 +456,8 @@ def subset_hook_caller(self, name, remove_plugins):
         orig = getattr(self.hook, name)
         plugins_to_remove = [plug for plug in remove_plugins if hasattr(plug, name)]
         if plugins_to_remove:
-            hc = _HookCaller(orig.name, orig._hookexec, orig._specmodule_or_class,
-                             orig.spec_opts)
+            hc = _HookCaller(orig.name, orig._hookexec, orig.spec.namespace,
+                             orig.spec.opts)
             for hookimpl in (orig._wrappers + orig._nonwrappers):
                 plugin = hookimpl.plugin
                 if plugin not in plugins_to_remove:
@@ -536,26 +539,23 @@ def __init__(self, name, hook_execute, specmodule_or_class=None, spec_opts=None)
         self.argnames = None
         self.kwargnames = None
         self.multicall = _multicall
+        self.spec = None
+        self._call_history = None
         if specmodule_or_class is not None:
             assert spec_opts is not None
             self.set_specification(specmodule_or_class, spec_opts)
 
     def has_spec(self):
-        return hasattr(self, "_specmodule_or_class")
+        return self.spec is not None
 
     def set_specification(self, specmodule_or_class, spec_opts):
         assert not self.has_spec()
-        self._specmodule_or_class = specmodule_or_class
-        specfunc = getattr(specmodule_or_class, self.name)
-        # get spec arg signature
-        argnames, self.kwargnames = varnames(specfunc)
-        self.argnames = ["__multicall__"] + list(argnames)
-        self.spec_opts = spec_opts
+        self.spec = HookSpec(specmodule_or_class, self.name, spec_opts)
         if spec_opts.get("historic"):
             self._call_history = []
 
     def is_historic(self):
-        return hasattr(self, "_call_history")
+        return self._call_history is not None
 
     def _remove_plugin(self, plugin):
         def remove(wrappers):
@@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if args:
             raise TypeError("hook calling supports only keyword arguments")
         assert not self.is_historic()
-        if self.argnames:
-            notincall = set(self.argnames) - set(['__multicall__']) - set(
+        if self.spec:
+            notincall = set(self.spec.argnames) - set(['__multicall__']) - set(
                 kwargs.keys())
             if notincall:
                 warnings.warn(
@@ -649,6 +649,16 @@ def _maybe_apply_history(self, method):
                     proc(res[0])
 
 
+class HookSpec(object):
+    def __init__(self, namespace, name, opts):
+        self.namespace = namespace
+        self.function = function = getattr(namespace, name)
+        self.name = name
+        self.argnames, self.kwargnames = varnames(function)
+        self.opts = opts
+        self.argnames = ["__multicall__"] + list(self.argnames)
+
+
 class HookImpl(object):
     def __init__(self, plugin, plugin_name, function, hook_impl_opts):
         self.function = function
diff --git a/testing/benchmark.py b/testing/benchmark.py
index 5a913e9d..802db264 100644
--- a/testing/benchmark.py
+++ b/testing/benchmark.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def MC(methods, kwargs, callertype, firstresult=False):
     for method in methods:
         f = HookImpl(None, "<temp>", method, method.example_impl)
         hookfuncs.append(f)
-    return callertype(hookfuncs, kwargs, {"firstresult": firstresult})
+    return callertype(hookfuncs, kwargs, firstresult=firstresult)
 
 
 @hookimpl
diff --git a/testing/test_method_ordering.py b/testing/test_method_ordering.py
index 8c3121dc..dded8d7f 100644
--- a/testing/test_method_ordering.py
+++ b/testing/test_method_ordering.py
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ def he_myhook3(arg1):
             pass
 
     pm.add_hookspecs(HookSpec)
-    assert not pm.hook.he_myhook1.spec_opts["firstresult"]
-    assert pm.hook.he_myhook2.spec_opts["firstresult"]
-    assert not pm.hook.he_myhook3.spec_opts["firstresult"]
+    assert not pm.hook.he_myhook1.spec.opts["firstresult"]
+    assert pm.hook.he_myhook2.spec.opts["firstresult"]
+    assert not pm.hook.he_myhook3.spec.opts["firstresult"]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('name', ["hookwrapper", "optionalhook", "tryfirst", "trylast"])