diff --git a/pluggy.py b/pluggy.py
index fa30fcdb..9864c98d 100644
--- a/pluggy.py
+++ b/pluggy.py
@@ -274,10 +274,12 @@ def __init__(self, project_name, implprefix=None):
         self.trace = _TagTracer().get("pluginmanage")
         self.hook = _HookRelay(self.trace.root.get("hook"))
         self._implprefix = implprefix
-        self._inner_hookexec = lambda hook, methods, kwargs: \
-            _MultiCall(
-                methods, kwargs, specopts=hook.spec_opts, hook=hook
-            ).execute()
+        self._inner_hookexec = lambda hook, methods, kwargs: _MultiCall(
+            methods,
+            kwargs,
+            firstresult=hook.spec.opts['firstresult'] if hook.spec else False,
+            hook=hook
+        ).execute()
 
     def _hookexec(self, hook, methods, kwargs):
         # called from all hookcaller instances.
@@ -424,7 +426,7 @@ def _verify_hook(self, hook, hookimpl):
                 (hookimpl.plugin_name, hook.name))
 
         # positional arg checking
-        notinspec = set(hookimpl.argnames) - set(hook.argnames)
+        notinspec = set(hookimpl.argnames) - set(hook.spec.argnames)
         if notinspec:
             raise PluginValidationError(
                 "Plugin %r for hook %r\nhookimpl definition: %s\n"
@@ -517,8 +519,8 @@ def subset_hook_caller(self, name, remove_plugins):
         orig = getattr(self.hook, name)
         plugins_to_remove = [plug for plug in remove_plugins if hasattr(plug, name)]
         if plugins_to_remove:
-            hc = _HookCaller(orig.name, orig._hookexec, orig._specmodule_or_class,
-                             orig.spec_opts)
+            hc = _HookCaller(orig.name, orig._hookexec, orig.spec.namespace,
+                             orig.spec.opts)
             for hookimpl in (orig._wrappers + orig._nonwrappers):
                 plugin = hookimpl.plugin
                 if plugin not in plugins_to_remove:
@@ -539,17 +541,18 @@ class _MultiCall(object):
     # so we can remove it soon, allowing to avoid the below recursion
     # in execute() and simplify/speed up the execute loop.
 
-    def __init__(self, hook_impls, kwargs, specopts={}, hook=None):
-        self.hook = hook
+    def __init__(self, hook_impls, kwargs, firstresult=False, hook=None):
         self.hook_impls = hook_impls
         self.caller_kwargs = kwargs  # come from _HookCaller.__call__()
         self.caller_kwargs["__multicall__"] = self
-        self.specopts = hook.spec_opts if hook else specopts
+        self.firstresult = firstresult
+        self.hook = hook
+        self.spec = hook.spec if hook else None
 
     def execute(self):
         caller_kwargs = self.caller_kwargs
         self.results = results = []
-        firstresult = self.specopts.get("firstresult")
+        firstresult = self.firstresult
 
         while self.hook_impls:
             hook_impl = self.hook_impls.pop()
@@ -560,8 +563,10 @@ def execute(self):
                     if argname not in caller_kwargs:
                         raise HookCallError(
                             "hook call must provide argument %r" % (argname,))
+
             if hook_impl.hookwrapper:
                 return _wrapped_call(hook_impl.function(*args), self.execute)
+
             res = hook_impl.function(*args)
             if res is not None:
                 if firstresult:
@@ -645,28 +650,23 @@ def __init__(self, name, hook_execute, specmodule_or_class=None, spec_opts=None)
         self._wrappers = []
         self._nonwrappers = []
         self._hookexec = hook_execute
-        self.argnames = None
-        self.kwargnames = None
+        self.spec = None
+        self._call_history = None
         if specmodule_or_class is not None:
             assert spec_opts is not None
             self.set_specification(specmodule_or_class, spec_opts)
 
     def has_spec(self):
-        return hasattr(self, "_specmodule_or_class")
+        return self.spec is not None
 
     def set_specification(self, specmodule_or_class, spec_opts):
         assert not self.has_spec()
-        self._specmodule_or_class = specmodule_or_class
-        specfunc = getattr(specmodule_or_class, self.name)
-        # get spec arg signature
-        argnames, self.kwargnames = varnames(specfunc)
-        self.argnames = ["__multicall__"] + list(argnames)
-        self.spec_opts = spec_opts
+        self.spec = HookSpec(specmodule_or_class, self.name, spec_opts)
         if spec_opts.get("historic"):
             self._call_history = []
 
     def is_historic(self):
-        return hasattr(self, "_call_history")
+        return self._call_history is not None
 
     def _remove_plugin(self, plugin):
         def remove(wrappers):
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
     def __call__(self, **kwargs):
         assert not self.is_historic()
-        if self.argnames:
-            notincall = set(self.argnames) - set(['__multicall__']) - set(
+        if self.spec:
+            notincall = set(self.spec.argnames) - set(['__multicall__']) - set(
                 kwargs.keys())
             if notincall:
                 warnings.warn(
@@ -749,6 +749,16 @@ def _maybe_apply_history(self, method):
                     proc(res[0])
 
 
+class HookSpec(object):
+    def __init__(self, namespace, name, opts):
+        self.namespace = namespace
+        self.function = function = getattr(namespace, name)
+        self.name = name
+        self.argnames, self.kwargnames = varnames(function)
+        self.opts = opts
+        self.argnames = ["__multicall__"] + list(self.argnames)
+
+
 class HookImpl(object):
     def __init__(self, plugin, plugin_name, function, hook_impl_opts):
         self.function = function
diff --git a/testing/benchmark.py b/testing/benchmark.py
index e5888a5f..d2d84afc 100644
--- a/testing/benchmark.py
+++ b/testing/benchmark.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def MC(methods, kwargs, firstresult=False):
     for method in methods:
         f = HookImpl(None, "<temp>", method, method.example_impl)
         hookfuncs.append(f)
-    return _MultiCall(hookfuncs, kwargs, {"firstresult": firstresult})
+    return _MultiCall(hookfuncs, kwargs, firstresult=firstresult)
 
 
 @hookimpl
diff --git a/testing/test_method_ordering.py b/testing/test_method_ordering.py
index 7c87702a..8b2b321a 100644
--- a/testing/test_method_ordering.py
+++ b/testing/test_method_ordering.py
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ def he_myhook3(arg1):
             pass
 
     pm.add_hookspecs(HookSpec)
-    assert not pm.hook.he_myhook1.spec_opts["firstresult"]
-    assert pm.hook.he_myhook2.spec_opts["firstresult"]
-    assert not pm.hook.he_myhook3.spec_opts["firstresult"]
+    assert not pm.hook.he_myhook1.spec.opts["firstresult"]
+    assert pm.hook.he_myhook2.spec.opts["firstresult"]
+    assert not pm.hook.he_myhook3.spec.opts["firstresult"]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('name', ["hookwrapper", "optionalhook", "tryfirst", "trylast"])
diff --git a/testing/test_multicall.py b/testing/test_multicall.py
index 7aff8c33..26aeee6a 100644
--- a/testing/test_multicall.py
+++ b/testing/test_multicall.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def MC(methods, kwargs, firstresult=False):
     for method in methods:
         f = HookImpl(None, "<temp>", method, method.example_impl)
         hookfuncs.append(f)
-    return _MultiCall(hookfuncs, kwargs, {"firstresult": firstresult})
+    return _MultiCall(hookfuncs, kwargs, firstresult=firstresult)
 
 
 def test_call_passing():