diff --git a/libc/bionic/flockfile.cpp b/libc/bionic/flockfile.cpp
index db53828..db68801 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/flockfile.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/flockfile.cpp
@@ -36,12 +36,20 @@
 // struct __sfileext (see fileext.h).
 
 void flockfile(FILE* fp) {
+  if (!__sdidinit) {
+    __sinit();
+  }
+
   if (fp != nullptr) {
     pthread_mutex_lock(&_FLOCK(fp));
   }
 }
 
 int ftrylockfile(FILE* fp) {
+  if (!__sdidinit) {
+    __sinit();
+  }
+
   // The specification for ftrylockfile() says it returns 0 on success,
   // or non-zero on error. So return an errno code directly on error.
   if (fp == nullptr) {
@@ -52,6 +60,10 @@
 }
 
 void funlockfile(FILE* fp) {
+  if (!__sdidinit) {
+    __sinit();
+  }
+
   if (fp != nullptr) {
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&_FLOCK(fp));
   }
diff --git a/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.cpp b/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.cpp
index 8f210ea..91e210e 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 extern "C" int __system_properties_init(void);
 extern "C" int __set_tls(void* ptr);
 extern "C" int __set_tid_address(int* tid_address);
-extern "C" int __libc_init_stdio(void);
+extern "C" int __sinit(void);
 
 __LIBC_HIDDEN__ WriteProtected<libc_globals> __libc_globals;
 
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@
   __pthread_internal_add(main_thread);
 
   __system_properties_init(); // Requires 'environ'.
-
-  // Initialize stdio to avoid data races caused by BSD-style lazy initialization.
-  __libc_init_stdio();
+  // Initialize stdio here to get rid of data races caused by lazy initialization.
+  // TODO: Remove other calls to __sinit().
+  __sinit();
 }
 
 __noreturn static void __early_abort(int line) {
diff --git a/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp b/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp
index 0af9d5b..d6b8e8f 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp
@@ -286,13 +286,6 @@
   return r.rlim_cur;
 }
 
-// A leaked BSD stdio implementation detail that's now a no-op.
-// (GCC doesn't like 'extern "C"' on a definition.)
-extern "C" {
-void __sinit() {}
-int __sdidinit = 1;
-}
-
 // Only used by ftime, which was removed from POSIX 2008.
 struct timeb {
   time_t          time;