diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index e615486596..2dc3d3cf3b 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -3088,7 +3088,6 @@ static void x86_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
     X86CPUClass *xcc = X86_CPU_GET_CLASS(obj);
     CPUX86State *env = &cpu->env;
     FeatureWord w;
-    static int inited;
 
     cs->env_ptr = env;
     cpu_exec_init(cs, &error_abort);
@@ -3139,8 +3138,7 @@ static void x86_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
     x86_cpu_load_def(cpu, xcc->cpu_def, &error_abort);
 
     /* init various static tables used in TCG mode */
-    if (tcg_enabled() && !inited) {
-        inited = 1;
+    if (tcg_enabled()) {
         tcg_x86_init();
     }
 }
diff --git a/target-i386/translate.c b/target-i386/translate.c
index 731b10de06..bf33e6b353 100644
--- a/target-i386/translate.c
+++ b/target-i386/translate.c
@@ -8144,6 +8144,12 @@ void tcg_x86_init(void)
         "bnd0_ub", "bnd1_ub", "bnd2_ub", "bnd3_ub"
     };
     int i;
+    static bool initialized;
+
+    if (initialized) {
+        return;
+    }
+    initialized = true;
 
     cpu_env = tcg_global_reg_new_ptr(TCG_AREG0, "env");
     cpu_cc_op = tcg_global_mem_new_i32(cpu_env,