diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/snapshot_stats.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/snapshot_stats.h
index 8a70400..79443b2 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/snapshot_stats.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/snapshot_stats.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
   public:
     // Not thread safe.
     static SnapshotMergeStats* GetInstance(SnapshotManager& manager);
+    SnapshotMergeStats(const std::string& path);
 
     // ISnapshotMergeStats overrides
     bool Start() override;
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@
   private:
     bool ReadState();
     bool DeleteState();
-    SnapshotMergeStats(const std::string& path);
 
     std::string path_;
     SnapshotMergeReport report_;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_stats.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_stats.cpp
index 8e9d9c5..e684d87 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_stats.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_stats.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@
 namespace snapshot {
 
 SnapshotMergeStats* SnapshotMergeStats::GetInstance(SnapshotManager& parent) {
-    static SnapshotMergeStats g_instance(parent.GetMergeStateFilePath());
-    CHECK_EQ(g_instance.path_, parent.GetMergeStateFilePath());
-    return &g_instance;
+    static std::unique_ptr<SnapshotMergeStats> g_instance;
+
+    if (!g_instance || g_instance->path_ != parent.GetMergeStateFilePath()) {
+        g_instance = std::make_unique<SnapshotMergeStats>(parent.GetMergeStateFilePath());
+    }
+    return g_instance.get();
 }
 
 SnapshotMergeStats::SnapshotMergeStats(const std::string& path) : path_(path), running_(false) {}