2 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/mailman/rest/gunicorn.py b/src/mailman/rest/gunicorn.py
index e628dcd61..79e4ac504 100644
--- a/src/mailman/rest/gunicorn.py
+++ b/src/mailman/rest/gunicorn.py
@@ -35,16 +35,18 @@ __all__ = [
     'make_application',
     ]
 
+# Initializing the Mailman system once.
+from mailman.core.initialize import initialize
+initialize()
+from mailman.rest.wsgiapp import make_application as base_application
+app = base_application()
 
-
-def make_application():
-    """Create the WSGI application, after initializing the Mailman system.
+
+def make_application(environ, start_response):
+    """Create the WSGI application.
 
     Use this if you want to integrate Mailman's REST server with an external
     WSGI server, such as gunicorn.  Be sure to set the $MAILMAN_CONFIG_FILE
     environment variable.
     """
-    from mailman.core.initialize import initialize
-    initialize()
-    from mailman.rest.wsgiapp import make_application as base_application
-    return base_application()
+    return app(environ, start_response)
diff --git a/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py b/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py
index 83922ce9d..70d756405 100644
--- a/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py
+++ b/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py
@@ -216,11 +216,7 @@ class RootedAPI(API):
 
 @public
 def make_application():
-    """Create the WSGI application.
-
-    Use this if you want to integrate Mailman's REST server with your own WSGI
-    server.
-    """
+    """Return a callable WSGI application object."""
     return RootedAPI(Root())