diff --git a/src/egl/main/eglapi.c b/src/egl/main/eglapi.c
index 7737bb37643..ced80bcc6de 100644
--- a/src/egl/main/eglapi.c
+++ b/src/egl/main/eglapi.c
@@ -406,9 +406,6 @@ eglGetDisplay(EGLNativeDisplayType nativeDisplay)
    _EGLDisplay *disp;
    void *native_display_ptr;
 
-#if !DETECT_OS_ANDROID
-   util_cpu_trace_init();
-#endif
    _EGL_FUNC_START(NULL, EGL_OBJECT_THREAD_KHR, NULL);
 
    STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(void *) >= sizeof(nativeDisplay));
@@ -473,9 +470,6 @@ eglGetPlatformDisplayEXT(EGLenum platform, void *native_display,
    EGLAttrib *attrib_list;
    EGLDisplay disp;
 
-#if !DETECT_OS_ANDROID
-   util_cpu_trace_init();
-#endif
    _EGL_FUNC_START(NULL, EGL_OBJECT_THREAD_KHR, NULL);
 
    if (_eglConvertIntsToAttribs(int_attribs, &attrib_list) != EGL_SUCCESS)
@@ -490,9 +484,6 @@ PUBLIC EGLDisplay EGLAPIENTRY
 eglGetPlatformDisplay(EGLenum platform, void *native_display,
                       const EGLAttrib *attrib_list)
 {
-#if !DETECT_OS_ANDROID
-   util_cpu_trace_init();
-#endif
    _EGL_FUNC_START(NULL, EGL_OBJECT_THREAD_KHR, NULL);
    return _eglGetPlatformDisplayCommon(platform, native_display, attrib_list);
 }
@@ -666,7 +657,6 @@ eglInitialize(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLint *major, EGLint *minor)
 {
    _EGLDisplay *disp = _eglLockDisplay(dpy);
 
-   util_cpu_trace_init();
    _EGL_FUNC_START(disp, EGL_OBJECT_DISPLAY_KHR, NULL);
 
    _eglDeviceRefreshList();
diff --git a/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_drm_perfetto.cc b/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_drm_perfetto.cc
index 7edd075b355..9d6a22117db 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_drm_perfetto.cc
+++ b/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_drm_perfetto.cc
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ PERFETTO_DEFINE_DATA_SOURCE_STATIC_MEMBERS(FdMemoryDataSource);
 extern "C" void
 fd_drm_perfetto_init(void)
 {
-   util_perfetto_init();
-
    perfetto::DataSourceDescriptor dsd;
    dsd.set_name("gpu.memory.msm");
    FdMemoryDataSource::Register(dsd);
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_perfetto.cc b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_perfetto.cc
index a4a1619a020..6dbf2ae323d 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_perfetto.cc
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_perfetto.cc
@@ -345,8 +345,6 @@ extern "C" {
 void
 tu_perfetto_init(void)
 {
-   util_perfetto_init();
-
    {
    perfetto::DataSourceDescriptor dsd;
 #if DETECT_OS_ANDROID
diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/pipe_loader.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/pipe_loader.c
index 15994fab7a6..1f54a3b8b84 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/pipe_loader.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/pipe_loader.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "util/u_string.h"
 #include "util/xmlconfig.h"
 #include "util/driconf.h"
+#include "util/perf/cpu_trace.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ pipe_loader_create_screen_vk(struct pipe_loader_device *dev, bool sw_vk, bool dr
 {
    struct pipe_screen_config config;
 
+   util_cpu_trace_init();
+
    pipe_loader_load_options(dev);
    config.driver_name_is_inferred = driver_name_is_inferred;
    config.options_info = &dev->option_info;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_perfetto.cc b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_perfetto.cc
index d5825fb589d..6d77f8b15bf 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_perfetto.cc
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_perfetto.cc
@@ -261,8 +261,6 @@ extern "C" {
 void
 fd_perfetto_init(void)
 {
-   util_perfetto_init();
-
    perfetto::DataSourceDescriptor dsd;
 #if DETECT_OS_ANDROID
    // Android tooling expects this data source name
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
index 9fe219dfda3..f45b048789c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
@@ -966,8 +966,6 @@ panfrost_create_screen(int fd, const struct pipe_screen_config *config,
    screen->max_afbc_packing_ratio = debug_get_num_option(
       "PAN_MAX_AFBC_PACKING_RATIO", DEFAULT_MAX_AFBC_PACKING_RATIO);
 
-   util_cpu_trace_init();
-
    if (panfrost_open_device(screen, fd, dev)) {
       ralloc_free(screen);
       return NULL;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_perfetto.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_perfetto.cpp
index 054ae597c16..1f24b4ae9fa 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_perfetto.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_perfetto.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ void si_ds_end_submit(struct si_ds_queue *queue, uint64_t start_ts)
 static void si_driver_ds_init_once(void)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_PERFETTO
-   util_perfetto_init();
    perfetto::DataSourceDescriptor dsd;
 #if DETECT_OS_ANDROID
    // Android tooling expects this data source name
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/v3d/v3d_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/v3d/v3d_screen.c
index ed0455f1fba..a9f00a44a1b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/v3d/v3d_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/v3d/v3d_screen.c
@@ -767,8 +767,6 @@ v3d_screen_create(int fd, const struct pipe_screen_config *config,
         struct v3d_screen *screen = rzalloc(NULL, struct v3d_screen);
         struct pipe_screen *pscreen;
 
-        util_cpu_trace_init();
-
         pscreen = &screen->base;
 
         pscreen->destroy = v3d_screen_destroy;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_screen.c
index f7fc285f66c..5c8d76442a9 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_screen.c
@@ -466,8 +466,6 @@ vc4_screen_create(int fd, const struct pipe_screen_config *config,
         struct pipe_screen *pscreen;
         int err;
 
-        util_cpu_trace_init();
-
         pscreen = &screen->base;
 
         pscreen->destroy = vc4_screen_destroy;
diff --git a/src/intel/ds/intel_driver_ds.cc b/src/intel/ds/intel_driver_ds.cc
index 0934487066a..152563257c3 100644
--- a/src/intel/ds/intel_driver_ds.cc
+++ b/src/intel/ds/intel_driver_ds.cc
@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ static void
 intel_driver_ds_init_once(void)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_PERFETTO
-   util_perfetto_init();
    perfetto::DataSourceDescriptor dsd;
 #if DETECT_OS_ANDROID
    // Android tooling expects this data source name
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_utrace_perfetto.cc b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_utrace_perfetto.cc
index 743e4b1abea..ffbdfe24faa 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_utrace_perfetto.cc
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_utrace_perfetto.cc
@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@ panvk_utrace_perfetto_init(struct panvk_device *dev, uint32_t queue_count)
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(utp->stage_iids); i++)
       utp->stage_iids[i] = next_iid++;
 
-   util_perfetto_init();
-
    static once_flag register_ds_once = ONCE_FLAG_INIT;
    call_once(&register_ds_once, register_data_source);
 }