diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 940b86cbba..d0369556fe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3375,6 +3375,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "metal",
  "naga",
  "objc",
+ "once_cell",
  "parking_lot",
  "profiling",
  "range-alloc",
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
index e4c5192a29..fb8e068659 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ parking_lot = ">=0.11,<0.13"
 profiling = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 raw-window-handle = "0.5"
 thiserror = "1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 
 # backends common
 arrayvec = "0.7"
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/gles/wgl.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/gles/wgl.rs
index 5fa9ab2d57..4d17b07c34 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/gles/wgl.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/gles/wgl.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use glutin_wgl_sys::wgl_extra::{
     Wgl, CONTEXT_CORE_PROFILE_BIT_ARB, CONTEXT_DEBUG_BIT_ARB, CONTEXT_FLAGS_ARB,
     CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK_ARB,
 };
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use parking_lot::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
 use raw_window_handle::{RawDisplayHandle, RawWindowHandle};
 use std::{
@@ -314,12 +315,9 @@ fn get_global_device_context() -> Result<HDC, crate::InstanceError> {
     unsafe impl Sync for SendDc {}
     unsafe impl Send for SendDc {}
 
-    static GLOBAL: Mutex<Option<Result<SendDc, crate::InstanceError>>> = Mutex::new(None);
-    let mut guard = GLOBAL.lock();
-    if guard.is_none() {
-        *guard = Some(create_global_device_context().map(SendDc));
-    }
-    guard.clone().unwrap().map(|dc| dc.0)
+    static GLOBAL: Lazy<Result<SendDc, crate::InstanceError>> =
+        Lazy::new(|| create_global_device_context().map(SendDc));
+    GLOBAL.clone().map(|dc| dc.0)
 }
 
 impl crate::Instance<super::Api> for Instance {