diff --git a/hal/lib/shared/handles/HandlesInternal.cpp b/hal/lib/shared/handles/HandlesInternal.cpp
index a1e9c2e5f7..f91a028b69 100644
--- a/hal/lib/shared/handles/HandlesInternal.cpp
+++ b/hal/lib/shared/handles/HandlesInternal.cpp
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@
 
 namespace hal {
 static llvm::SmallVector<HandleBase*, 32> globalHandles;
-static priority_mutex globalHandleMutex;
+static priority_mutex& GetGlobalHandleMutex() {
+  static priority_mutex globalHandleMutex;
+  return globalHandleMutex;
+}
 
 HandleBase::HandleBase() {
-  std::lock_guard<priority_mutex> lock(globalHandleMutex);
+  std::lock_guard<priority_mutex> lock(GetGlobalHandleMutex());
   auto index = std::find(globalHandles.begin(), globalHandles.end(), this);
   if (index == globalHandles.end()) {
     globalHandles.push_back(this);
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ HandleBase::HandleBase() {
 }
 
 HandleBase::~HandleBase() {
-  std::lock_guard<priority_mutex> lock(globalHandleMutex);
+  std::lock_guard<priority_mutex> lock(GetGlobalHandleMutex());
   auto index = std::find(globalHandles.begin(), globalHandles.end(), this);
   if (index != globalHandles.end()) {
     *index = nullptr;
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ void HandleBase::ResetHandles() {
 }
 
 void HandleBase::ResetGlobalHandles() {
-  std::unique_lock<priority_mutex> lock(globalHandleMutex);
+  std::unique_lock<priority_mutex> lock(GetGlobalHandleMutex());
   for (auto&& i : globalHandles) {
     if (i != nullptr) {
       lock.unlock();