diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/mlocker.cpp b/contrib/epee/src/mlocker.cpp
index 8e24e8438..0b41c36bf 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/mlocker.cpp
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/mlocker.cpp
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ namespace epee
   }
   std::map<size_t, unsigned int> &mlocker::map()
   {
-    static std::map<size_t, unsigned int> vmap;
-    return vmap;
+    static std::map<size_t, unsigned int> *vmap = new std::map<size_t, unsigned int>();
+    return *vmap;
   }
 
   size_t mlocker::get_page_size()