diff --git a/rskj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/vm/trace/ProgramTraceProcessor.java b/rskj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/vm/trace/ProgramTraceProcessor.java
index 57a2ae4e97b..747b820de90 100644
--- a/rskj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/vm/trace/ProgramTraceProcessor.java
+++ b/rskj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/vm/trace/ProgramTraceProcessor.java
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ public class ProgramTraceProcessor {
 
     private final Map<Keccak256, ProgramTrace> traces = new HashMap<>();
 
-    private TraceOptions traceOptions;
+    private final TraceOptions traceOptions;
 
     public ProgramTraceProcessor() {
         traceOptions = new TraceOptions();
     }
 
     public ProgramTraceProcessor(TraceOptions options) {
-        this();
         traceOptions = options;
     }