diff --git a/crypto/ui/ui_util.c b/crypto/ui/ui_util.c
index 9e2752712c648fefdac046e1f1f6ba8b0099bad9..67b2ec22298d4277b335964380c3a361695afa1d 100644
--- a/crypto/ui/ui_util.c
+++ b/crypto/ui/ui_util.c
@@ -85,11 +85,14 @@ static void ui_free_method_data(void *parent, void *ptr, CRYPTO_EX_DATA *ad,
 }
 
 static CRYPTO_ONCE get_index_once = CRYPTO_ONCE_STATIC_INIT;
-DEFINE_RUN_ONCE_STATIC(ui_method_data_index)
+static int ui_method_data_index = -1;
+DEFINE_RUN_ONCE_STATIC(ui_method_data_index_init)
 {
-    return CRYPTO_get_ex_new_index(CRYPTO_EX_INDEX_UI_METHOD, 0, NULL,
-                                   ui_new_method_data, ui_dup_method_data,
-                                   ui_free_method_data);
+    ui_method_data_index = CRYPTO_get_ex_new_index(CRYPTO_EX_INDEX_UI_METHOD,
+                                                   0, NULL, ui_new_method_data,
+                                                   ui_dup_method_data,
+                                                   ui_free_method_data);
+    return 1;
 }
 
 static int ui_open(UI *ui)
@@ -103,9 +106,7 @@ static int ui_read(UI *ui, UI_STRING *uis)
         {
             char result[PEM_BUFSIZE];
             const struct pem_password_cb_data *data =
-                UI_method_get_ex_data(UI_get_method(ui),
-                                      RUN_ONCE(&get_index_once,
-                                               ui_method_data_index));
+                UI_method_get_ex_data(UI_get_method(ui), ui_method_data_index);
             int maxsize = UI_get_result_maxsize(uis);
             int len = data->cb(result,
                                maxsize > PEM_BUFSIZE ? PEM_BUFSIZE : maxsize,
@@ -139,7 +140,6 @@ UI_METHOD *UI_UTIL_wrap_read_pem_callback(pem_password_cb *cb, int rwflag)
 {
     struct pem_password_cb_data *data = NULL;
     UI_METHOD *ui_method = NULL;
-    int idx = 0;
 
     if ((data = OPENSSL_zalloc(sizeof(*data))) == NULL
         || (ui_method = UI_create_method("PEM password callback wrapper")) == NULL
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ UI_METHOD *UI_UTIL_wrap_read_pem_callback(pem_password_cb *cb, int rwflag)
         || UI_method_set_reader(ui_method, ui_read) < 0
         || UI_method_set_writer(ui_method, ui_write) < 0
         || UI_method_set_closer(ui_method, ui_close) < 0
-        || (idx = RUN_ONCE(&get_index_once, ui_method_data_index)) <= 0
-        || UI_method_set_ex_data(ui_method, idx, data) < 0) {
+        || !RUN_ONCE(&get_index_once, ui_method_data_index_init)
+        || UI_method_set_ex_data(ui_method, ui_method_data_index, data) < 0) {
         UI_destroy_method(ui_method);
         OPENSSL_free(data);
         return NULL;