diff --git a/connector/connector-generic-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/jdbc/GenericJdbcConnector.java b/connector/connector-generic-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/jdbc/GenericJdbcConnector.java
index 11c10def..e0da80f7 100644
--- a/connector/connector-generic-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/jdbc/GenericJdbcConnector.java
+++ b/connector/connector-generic-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/jdbc/GenericJdbcConnector.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 public class GenericJdbcConnector extends SqoopConnector {
 
+  private static GenericJdbcValidator genericJdbcValidator = new GenericJdbcValidator();
+
   private static final Importer IMPORTER = new Importer(
       GenericJdbcImportInitializer.class,
       GenericJdbcImportPartitioner.class,
@@ -91,8 +93,7 @@ public Exporter getExporter() {
 
   @Override
   public Validator getValidator() {
-    // TODO(jarcec): Cache this object eventually
-    return new GenericJdbcValidator();
+    return genericJdbcValidator;
   }
 
   @Override