diff --git a/pw_trace_tokenized/trace.cc b/pw_trace_tokenized/trace.cc
index e779d9c5ae..a1bdf5ec80 100644
--- a/pw_trace_tokenized/trace.cc
+++ b/pw_trace_tokenized/trace.cc
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ Callbacks& GetCallbacks() {
   return callbacks;
 }
 
-TokenizedTracer tokenized_tracer(GetCallbacks());
-TokenizedTracer& GetTokenizedTracer() { return tokenized_tracer; }
+TokenizedTracer& GetTokenizedTracer() {
+  static TokenizedTracer tokenized_tracer(GetCallbacks());
+  return tokenized_tracer;
+}
 
 using TraceEvent = pw_trace_tokenized_TraceEvent;