diff --git a/src/node_builtins.cc b/src/node_builtins.cc
index d6b5114aa3c4aa..6fa0d69b4a18e0 100644
--- a/src/node_builtins.cc
+++ b/src/node_builtins.cc
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ using v8::String;
 using v8::Undefined;
 using v8::Value;
 
-BuiltinLoader BuiltinLoader::instance_;
-
 BuiltinLoader::BuiltinLoader() : config_(GetConfig()), has_code_cache_(false) {
   LoadJavaScriptSource();
 #ifdef NODE_SHARED_BUILTIN_CJS_MODULE_LEXER_LEXER_PATH
@@ -55,6 +53,7 @@ BuiltinLoader::BuiltinLoader() : config_(GetConfig()), has_code_cache_(false) {
 }
 
 BuiltinLoader* BuiltinLoader::GetInstance() {
+  static BuiltinLoader instance_;
   return &instance_;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node_builtins.h b/src/node_builtins.h
index f90a4151850d54..a8e880170ea148 100644
--- a/src/node_builtins.h
+++ b/src/node_builtins.h
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ class NODE_EXTERN_PRIVATE BuiltinLoader {
 
   static void AddExternalizedBuiltin(const char* id, const char* filename);
 
-  static BuiltinLoader instance_;
   BuiltinCategories builtin_categories_;
   BuiltinSourceMap source_;
   BuiltinCodeCacheMap code_cache_;
diff --git a/test/cctest/test_per_process.cc b/test/cctest/test_per_process.cc
index 1e3dff7114e337..f5bbeca5e4dd17 100644
--- a/test/cctest/test_per_process.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/test_per_process.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ using node::builtins::BuiltinSourceMap;
 class PerProcessTest : public ::testing::Test {
  protected:
   static const BuiltinSourceMap get_sources_for_test() {
-    return BuiltinLoader::instance_.source_;
+    return BuiltinLoader::GetInstance()->source_;
   }
 };