diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/platform.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/platform.rs
index dc448e01b6b..7641ff33279 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/platform.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/platform.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ pub fn get_platform_ids(
         return Err(CL_INVALID_VALUE);
     }
 
+    // run initialization code once
+    Platform::init_once();
+
     // platforms returns a list of OpenCL platforms available for access through the Khronos ICD Loader.
     // The cl_platform_id values returned in platforms are ICD compatible and can be used to identify a
     // specific OpenCL platform. If the platforms argument is NULL, then this argument is ignored. The
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/platform.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/platform.rs
index 41e77a15239..0a3e22e8af5 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/platform.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/platform.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ impl Platform {
     }
 
     pub fn get() -> &'static Self {
-        // SAFETY: no concurrent static mut access due to std::Once
-        PLATFORM_ONCE.call_once(|| unsafe { PLATFORM.init() });
+        debug_assert!(PLATFORM_ONCE.is_completed());
         // SAFETY: no mut references exist at this point
         unsafe { &PLATFORM }
     }
@@ -60,6 +59,11 @@ impl Platform {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn init_once() {
+        // SAFETY: no concurrent static mut access due to std::Once
+        PLATFORM_ONCE.call_once(|| unsafe { PLATFORM.init() });
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for Platform {