diff --git a/src/pocketmine/level/format/Chunk.php b/src/pocketmine/level/format/Chunk.php
index dbd6cfc36..1415a9819 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/level/format/Chunk.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/level/format/Chunk.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Chunk{
 		$this->height = Chunk::MAX_SUBCHUNKS; //TODO: add a way of changing this
 
 		$this->subChunks = new \SplFixedArray($this->height);
-		$this->emptySubChunk = new EmptySubChunk();
+		$this->emptySubChunk = EmptySubChunk::getInstance();
 
 		foreach($this->subChunks as $y => $null){
 			$this->subChunks[$y] = $subChunks[$y] ?? $this->emptySubChunk;
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/level/format/EmptySubChunk.php b/src/pocketmine/level/format/EmptySubChunk.php
index 738e6530f..5ffb2942d 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/level/format/EmptySubChunk.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/level/format/EmptySubChunk.php
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace pocketmine\level\format;
 
 class EmptySubChunk implements SubChunkInterface{
+	/** @var EmptySubChunk */
+	private static $instance;
+
+	public static function getInstance() : self{
+		if(self::$instance === null){
+			self::$instance = new self();
+		}
+
+		return self::$instance;
+	}
 
 	public function isEmpty(bool $checkLight = true) : bool{
 		return true;