diff --git a/src/Serilog.Extensions.Logging/Extensions/Logging/SerilogLoggerProvider.cs b/src/Serilog.Extensions.Logging/Extensions/Logging/SerilogLoggerProvider.cs
index 93dce5f..2ad7738 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Extensions.Logging/Extensions/Logging/SerilogLoggerProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Extensions.Logging/Extensions/Logging/SerilogLoggerProvider.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public sealed class SerilogLoggerProvider : ILoggerProvider, ILogEventEnricher,
     // May be null; if it is, Log.Logger will be lazily used
     readonly ILogger? _logger;
     readonly Action? _dispose;
+    readonly ThreadLocal<ScopeCollector> _scopeCollector = new(() => new ScopeCollector());
 #if FEATURE_ASYNCDISPOSABLE
     readonly Func<ValueTask>? _disposeAsync;
 #endif
@@ -90,35 +91,38 @@ public IDisposable BeginScope<T>(T state)
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public void Enrich(LogEvent logEvent, ILogEventPropertyFactory propertyFactory)
     {
-        List<LogEventPropertyValue>? scopeItems = null;
+        var scopeCollector = _scopeCollector.Value!;
+
         for (var scope = CurrentScope; scope != null; scope = scope.Parent)
         {
             scope.EnrichAndCreateScopeItem(logEvent, propertyFactory, out var scopeItem);
 
             if (scopeItem != null)
             {
-                scopeItems ??= [];
-                scopeItems.Add(scopeItem);
+                scopeCollector.AddItem(scopeItem);
             }
         }
 
-        scopeItems?.Reverse();
+        scopeCollector.ReverseItems();
 
-        _externalScopeProvider?.ForEachScope((state, accumulatingLogEvent) =>
+        _externalScopeProvider?.ForEachScope(static (state, parameters) =>
         {
             SerilogLoggerScope.EnrichWithStateAndCreateScopeItem(
-                accumulatingLogEvent, propertyFactory, state, update: true, out var scopeItem);
+                parameters.LogEvent,
+                parameters.PropertyFactory,
+                state,
+                update: true,
+                out var scopeItem);
 
             if (scopeItem != null)
             {
-                scopeItems ??= new List<LogEventPropertyValue>();
-                scopeItems.Add(scopeItem);
+                parameters.ScopeCollector.AddItem(scopeItem);
             }
-        }, logEvent);
+        }, (ScopeCollector: scopeCollector, PropertyFactory: propertyFactory, LogEvent: logEvent));
 
-        if (scopeItems != null)
+        if (scopeCollector.Complete() is { } items)
         {
-            logEvent.AddPropertyIfAbsent(new LogEventProperty(ScopePropertyName, new SequenceValue(scopeItems)));
+            logEvent.AddPropertyIfAbsent(new LogEventProperty(ScopePropertyName, new SequenceValue(items)));
         }
     }
 
@@ -149,4 +153,27 @@ public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
         return _disposeAsync?.Invoke() ?? default;
     }
 #endif
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A wrapper around a list to allow lazy initialization when iterating through scopes.
+    /// </summary>
+    sealed class ScopeCollector
+    {
+        List<LogEventPropertyValue>? _scopeItems;
+
+        public void AddItem(LogEventPropertyValue scopeItem)
+        {
+            _scopeItems ??= [];
+            _scopeItems.Add(scopeItem);
+        }
+
+        public void ReverseItems() => _scopeItems?.Reverse();
+
+        public List<LogEventPropertyValue>? Complete()
+        {
+            var scopeItems = _scopeItems;
+            _scopeItems = null;
+            return scopeItems;
+        }
+    }
 }