diff --git a/intern/cycles/util/util_guarded_allocator.cpp b/intern/cycles/util/util_guarded_allocator.cpp
index 8de6e254cbf..615ac95f324 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/util/util_guarded_allocator.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/util/util_guarded_allocator.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 CCL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
-static Stats global_stats;
+static Stats global_stats(Stats::static_init);
 
 /* Internal API. */
 
diff --git a/intern/cycles/util/util_stats.h b/intern/cycles/util/util_stats.h
index ce27067dc5e..b970b017270 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/util/util_stats.h
+++ b/intern/cycles/util/util_stats.h
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ CCL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
 class Stats {
 public:
+	enum static_init_t { static_init = 0 };
+
 	Stats() : mem_used(0), mem_peak(0) {}
+	explicit Stats(static_init_t) {}
 
 	void mem_alloc(size_t size) {
 		atomic_add_z(&mem_used, size);