diff --git a/src/internal/libc.h b/src/internal/libc.h
index 6810cd8b97f40b7a8f7bae0a9086eb5096022395..98c7535aa861dc3e8c83b89d07ba11fac15bfc65 100644
--- a/src/internal/libc.h
+++ b/src/internal/libc.h
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ struct __libc {
 	int secure;
 	volatile int threads_minus_1;
 	size_t *auxv;
-	FILE *ofl_head;
-	volatile int ofl_lock[2];
 	size_t tls_size;
 	size_t page_size;
 	struct __locale_struct global_locale;
diff --git a/src/internal/stdio_impl.h b/src/internal/stdio_impl.h
index 72c55192727067a84d72d6f85467a0a28839aa5a..0dd7fb5e41ef0ef839f433e6cf11901303d97460 100644
--- a/src/internal/stdio_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/stdio_impl.h
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ int __putc_unlocked(int, FILE *);
 FILE *__fdopen(int, const char *);
 int __fmodeflags(const char *);
 
-#define OFLLOCK() LOCK(libc.ofl_lock)
-#define OFLUNLOCK() UNLOCK(libc.ofl_lock)
+FILE *__ofl_add(FILE *f);
+FILE **__ofl_lock(void);
+void __ofl_unlock(void);
 
 #define feof(f) ((f)->flags & F_EOF)
 #define ferror(f) ((f)->flags & F_ERR)
diff --git a/src/stdio/__fdopen.c b/src/stdio/__fdopen.c
index ef8f47dcdaf46f5265655f23d7a59fe35684255a..8d6ce813e45ec8ed880e1680d38fb409b4f63000 100644
--- a/src/stdio/__fdopen.c
+++ b/src/stdio/__fdopen.c
@@ -54,13 +54,7 @@ FILE *__fdopen(int fd, const char *mode)
 	if (!libc.threaded) f->lock = -1;
 
 	/* Add new FILE to open file list */
-	OFLLOCK();
-	f->next = libc.ofl_head;
-	if (libc.ofl_head) libc.ofl_head->prev = f;
-	libc.ofl_head = f;
-	OFLUNLOCK();
-
-	return f;
+	return __ofl_add(f);
 }
 
 weak_alias(__fdopen, fdopen);
diff --git a/src/stdio/__stdio_exit.c b/src/stdio/__stdio_exit.c
index 716e5f7366095455791db3616f6f63168298ba27..191b4454a48d3ff4258c2cd6dd5d29738d79620e 100644
--- a/src/stdio/__stdio_exit.c
+++ b/src/stdio/__stdio_exit.c
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ static void close_file(FILE *f)
 void __stdio_exit(void)
 {
 	FILE *f;
-	OFLLOCK();
-	for (f=libc.ofl_head; f; f=f->next) close_file(f);
+	for (f=*__ofl_lock(); f; f=f->next) close_file(f);
 	close_file(__stdin_used);
 	close_file(__stdout_used);
 }
diff --git a/src/stdio/fclose.c b/src/stdio/fclose.c
index 317b3c901e7dfd066bfcb3a236b89c2a8b8e02cd..839d88af9bba16c15a15dcb6eaa21d32668673dc 100644
--- a/src/stdio/fclose.c
+++ b/src/stdio/fclose.c
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ int fclose(FILE *f)
 	__unlist_locked_file(f);
 
 	if (!(perm = f->flags & F_PERM)) {
-		OFLLOCK();
+		FILE **head = __ofl_lock();
 		if (f->prev) f->prev->next = f->next;
 		if (f->next) f->next->prev = f->prev;
-		if (libc.ofl_head == f) libc.ofl_head = f->next;
-		OFLUNLOCK();
+		if (*head == f) *head = f->next;
+		__ofl_unlock();
 	}
 
 	r = fflush(f);
diff --git a/src/stdio/fflush.c b/src/stdio/fflush.c
index 7bf862a6ae5f57dbd30a530a3902ddb9cda73dd8..3f462c80e8d12f6efbecd144a144d430736ec6eb 100644
--- a/src/stdio/fflush.c
+++ b/src/stdio/fflush.c
@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@ int fflush(FILE *f)
 
 	r = __stdout_used ? fflush(__stdout_used) : 0;
 
-	OFLLOCK();
-	for (f=libc.ofl_head; f; f=f->next) {
+	for (f=*__ofl_lock(); f; f=f->next) {
 		FLOCK(f);
 		if (f->wpos > f->wbase) r |= __fflush_unlocked(f);
 		FUNLOCK(f);
 	}
-	OFLUNLOCK();
+	__ofl_unlock();
 	
 	return r;
 }
diff --git a/src/stdio/fmemopen.c b/src/stdio/fmemopen.c
index d78496091d255a9d54d57ca0f075ce1c84e8487f..7c193a579ba4b5e5d780a63c2cce0e526276f8d3 100644
--- a/src/stdio/fmemopen.c
+++ b/src/stdio/fmemopen.c
@@ -110,11 +110,5 @@ FILE *fmemopen(void *restrict buf, size_t size, const char *restrict mode)
 
 	if (!libc.threaded) f->lock = -1;
 
-	OFLLOCK();
-	f->next = libc.ofl_head;
-	if (libc.ofl_head) libc.ofl_head->prev = f;
-	libc.ofl_head = f;
-	OFLUNLOCK();
-
-	return f;
+	return __ofl_add(f);
 }
diff --git a/src/stdio/ofl.c b/src/stdio/ofl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b143999c278a6dc558d7ea766578a7cfae4b32f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stdio/ofl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "stdio_impl.h"
+#include "libc.h"
+
+static FILE *ofl_head;
+static volatile int ofl_lock[2];
+
+FILE **__ofl_lock()
+{
+	LOCK(ofl_lock);
+	return &ofl_head;
+}
+
+void __ofl_unlock()
+{
+	UNLOCK(ofl_lock);
+}
diff --git a/src/stdio/ofl_add.c b/src/stdio/ofl_add.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d7de9f15a13ee3fc5f7118ce35dea64bb65cbd5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stdio/ofl_add.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "stdio_impl.h"
+
+FILE *__ofl_add(FILE *f)
+{
+	FILE **head = __ofl_lock();
+	f->next = *head;
+	if (*head) (*head)->prev = f;
+	*head = f;
+	__ofl_unlock();
+	return f;
+}
diff --git a/src/stdio/open_memstream.c b/src/stdio/open_memstream.c
index 9eafdfbaedce42c1bc86165719638e5e335f822e..58504c9f5ee3410ee8ea9222450339a3cac87dbc 100644
--- a/src/stdio/open_memstream.c
+++ b/src/stdio/open_memstream.c
@@ -79,11 +79,5 @@ FILE *open_memstream(char **bufp, size_t *sizep)
 
 	if (!libc.threaded) f->lock = -1;
 
-	OFLLOCK();
-	f->next = libc.ofl_head;
-	if (libc.ofl_head) libc.ofl_head->prev = f;
-	libc.ofl_head = f;
-	OFLUNLOCK();
-
-	return f;
+	return __ofl_add(f);
 }
diff --git a/src/stdio/open_wmemstream.c b/src/stdio/open_wmemstream.c
index 35370309d6fd2a8cdd8f91fea0c8820d57caedd7..7ab2c64364e01d310d0c868b40837537af5800fd 100644
--- a/src/stdio/open_wmemstream.c
+++ b/src/stdio/open_wmemstream.c
@@ -81,11 +81,5 @@ FILE *open_wmemstream(wchar_t **bufp, size_t *sizep)
 
 	if (!libc.threaded) f->lock = -1;
 
-	OFLLOCK();
-	f->next = libc.ofl_head;
-	if (libc.ofl_head) libc.ofl_head->prev = f;
-	libc.ofl_head = f;
-	OFLUNLOCK();
-
-	return f;
+	return __ofl_add(f);
 }
diff --git a/src/thread/pthread_create.c b/src/thread/pthread_create.c
index de72818d778a30ae7be178096ed52e50ac3451e5..6e2e48161753e03f0296e97383b7e081b711fb32 100644
--- a/src/thread/pthread_create.c
+++ b/src/thread/pthread_create.c
@@ -191,8 +191,9 @@ int __pthread_create(pthread_t *restrict res, const pthread_attr_t *restrict att
 	if (!libc.can_do_threads) return ENOSYS;
 	self = __pthread_self();
 	if (!libc.threaded) {
-		for (FILE *f=libc.ofl_head; f; f=f->next)
+		for (FILE *f=*__ofl_lock(); f; f=f->next)
 			init_file_lock(f);
+		__ofl_unlock();
 		init_file_lock(__stdin_used);
 		init_file_lock(__stdout_used);
 		init_file_lock(__stderr_used);