diff --git a/src/runtime/proc.go b/src/runtime/proc.go
index db4eb21cb85..4fb4595a50c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/proc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/proc.go
@@ -691,11 +691,8 @@ func schedinit() {
 	lockInit(&allpLock, lockRankAllp)
 	lockInit(&reflectOffs.lock, lockRankReflectOffs)
 	lockInit(&finlock, lockRankFin)
-	lockInit(&trace.bufLock, lockRankTraceBuf)
-	lockInit(&trace.stringsLock, lockRankTraceStrings)
-	lockInit(&trace.lock, lockRankTrace)
 	lockInit(&cpuprof.lock, lockRankCpuprof)
-	lockInit(&trace.stackTab.lock, lockRankTraceStackTab)
+	traceLockInit()
 	// Enforce that this lock is always a leaf lock.
 	// All of this lock's critical sections should be
 	// extremely short.
diff --git a/src/runtime/trace.go b/src/runtime/trace.go
index 5eb68271d10..860b53bdbb9 100644
--- a/src/runtime/trace.go
+++ b/src/runtime/trace.go
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ var trace struct {
 	buf     traceBufPtr // global trace buffer, used when running without a p
 }
 
+// traceLockInit initializes global trace locks.
+func traceLockInit() {
+	lockInit(&trace.bufLock, lockRankTraceBuf)
+	lockInit(&trace.stringsLock, lockRankTraceStrings)
+	lockInit(&trace.lock, lockRankTrace)
+	lockInit(&trace.stackTab.lock, lockRankTraceStackTab)
+}
+
 // traceBufHeader is per-P tracing buffer.
 type traceBufHeader struct {
 	link      traceBufPtr             // in trace.empty/full