diff --git a/spring/src/main/java/io/cucumber/spring/TestContextAdaptor.java b/spring/src/main/java/io/cucumber/spring/TestContextAdaptor.java
index 25136af2f8..a1cd13dec8 100644
--- a/spring/src/main/java/io/cucumber/spring/TestContextAdaptor.java
+++ b/spring/src/main/java/io/cucumber/spring/TestContextAdaptor.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import io.cucumber.core.backend.CucumberBackendException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Scope;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
@@ -60,7 +61,13 @@ private void notifyTestContextManagerAboutBeforeTestMethod() {
 
     final void registerGlueCodeScope(ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
         while (context != null) {
-            context.getBeanFactory().registerScope(SCOPE_CUCUMBER_GLUE, new CucumberScenarioScope());
+            ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = context.getBeanFactory();
+            // Scenario scope may have already been registered by another
+            // thread.
+            Scope registeredScope = beanFactory.getRegisteredScope(SCOPE_CUCUMBER_GLUE);
+            if (registeredScope == null) {
+                beanFactory.registerScope(SCOPE_CUCUMBER_GLUE, new CucumberScenarioScope());
+            }
             context = (ConfigurableApplicationContext) context.getParent();
         }
     }