diff --git a/modules/src/prim/seadEnum.cpp b/modules/src/prim/seadEnum.cpp
index 367fd957..9f1fb2de 100644
--- a/modules/src/prim/seadEnum.cpp
+++ b/modules/src/prim/seadEnum.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ namespace
 class EnumParseTextCriticalSection
 {
 public:
+    EnumParseTextCriticalSection()
+    {
+        (void)getObject();  // force initialization of sObject
+    }
     sead::CriticalSection* getObject()
     {
         static sead::CriticalSection sObject;
@@ -18,6 +22,10 @@ static EnumParseTextCriticalSection sEnumParseTextCriticalSection;
 class EnumInitValueArrayCriticalSection
 {
 public:
+    EnumInitValueArrayCriticalSection()
+    {
+        (void)getObject();  // force initialization of sObject
+    }
     sead::CriticalSection* getObject()
     {
         static sead::CriticalSection sObject;