diff --git a/packages/firebase_messaging/firebase_messaging_platform_interface/lib/src/method_channel/method_channel_messaging.dart b/packages/firebase_messaging/firebase_messaging_platform_interface/lib/src/method_channel/method_channel_messaging.dart
index c963088e911a..21e6ae1d6102 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_messaging/firebase_messaging_platform_interface/lib/src/method_channel/method_channel_messaging.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_messaging/firebase_messaging_platform_interface/lib/src/method_channel/method_channel_messaging.dart
@@ -68,12 +68,31 @@ void _firebaseMessagingCallbackDispatcher() {
 class MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging extends FirebaseMessagingPlatform {
   /// Create an instance of [MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging] with optional [FirebaseApp]
   MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging({required FirebaseApp app})
-      : super(appInstance: app) {
-    if (_initialized) return;
-    channel.setMethodCallHandler((MethodCall call) async {
+      : super(appInstance: app);
+
+  late bool _autoInitEnabled;
+
+  static bool _bgHandlerInitialized = false;
+
+  /// Returns a stub instance to allow the platform interface to access
+  /// the class instance statically.
+  static MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging get instance {
+    return MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging._();
+  }
+
+  /// Internal stub class initializer.
+  ///
+  /// When the user code calls an auth method, the real instance is
+  /// then initialized via the [delegateFor] method.
+  MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging._() : super(appInstance: null);
+
+  static void setMethodCallHandlers() {
+    MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging.channel
+        .setMethodCallHandler((MethodCall call) async {
       switch (call.method) {
         case 'Messaging#onTokenRefresh':
-          _tokenStreamController.add(call.arguments as String);
+          MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging.tokenStreamController
+              .add(call.arguments as String);
           break;
         case 'Messaging#onMessage':
           Map<String, dynamic> messageMap =
@@ -97,33 +116,14 @@ class MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging extends FirebaseMessagingPlatform {
           throw UnimplementedError('${call.method} has not been implemented');
       }
     });
-    _initialized = true;
   }
 
-  late bool _autoInitEnabled;
-
-  static bool _initialized = false;
-  static bool _bgHandlerInitialized = false;
-
-  /// Returns a stub instance to allow the platform interface to access
-  /// the class instance statically.
-  static MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging get instance {
-    return MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging._();
-  }
-
-  /// Internal stub class initializer.
-  ///
-  /// When the user code calls an auth method, the real instance is
-  /// then initialized via the [delegateFor] method.
-  MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging._() : super(appInstance: null);
-
-  /// The [MethodChannel] to which calls will be delegated.
-  @visibleForTesting
   static const MethodChannel channel = MethodChannel(
     'plugins.flutter.io/firebase_messaging',
   );
 
-  final StreamController<String> _tokenStreamController =
+  // ignore: close_sinks, never closed
+  static StreamController<String> tokenStreamController =
       StreamController<String>.broadcast();
 
   @override
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging extends FirebaseMessagingPlatform {
 
   @override
   Stream<String> get onTokenRefresh {
-    return _tokenStreamController.stream;
+    return tokenStreamController.stream;
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/packages/firebase_messaging/firebase_messaging_platform_interface/lib/src/platform_interface/platform_interface_messaging.dart b/packages/firebase_messaging/firebase_messaging_platform_interface/lib/src/platform_interface/platform_interface_messaging.dart
index 20956d39fedf..4987b6c36699 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_messaging/firebase_messaging_platform_interface/lib/src/platform_interface/platform_interface_messaging.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_messaging/firebase_messaging_platform_interface/lib/src/platform_interface/platform_interface_messaging.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';
 import 'package:firebase_messaging_platform_interface/firebase_messaging_platform_interface.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 import 'package:plugin_platform_interface/plugin_platform_interface.dart';
 
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ abstract class FirebaseMessagingPlatform extends PlatformInterface {
   /// It will always default to [MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging]
   /// if no other implementation was provided.
   static FirebaseMessagingPlatform get instance {
+    if (_instance == null) {
+      // This is only called for method channels since Web is setting the instance before we use `get`
+      MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging.setMethodCallHandlers();
+    }
     return _instance ??= MethodChannelFirebaseMessaging.instance;
   }