diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
index ae413962b8d..00fa566c00e 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
@@ -2421,9 +2421,8 @@ internal class CodeGeneratorVisitor(val context: Context, val lifetimes: Map<IrE
         val bbExit = basicBlock("label_continue", null)
         moveBlockAfterEntry(bbExit)
         moveBlockAfterEntry(bbInit)
-        // TODO: Is it ok to use non-volatile read here since once value is FILE_INITIALIZED, it is no longer change?
         val state = load(statePtr)
-        LLVMSetVolatile(state, 1)
+        LLVMSetOrdering(state, LLVMAtomicOrdering.LLVMAtomicOrderingAcquire)
         condBr(icmpEq(state, Int32(FILE_INITIALIZED).llvm), bbExit, bbInit)
         positionAtEnd(bbInit)
         call(context.llvm.callInitGlobalPossiblyLock, listOf(statePtr, initializerPtr),
diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.cpp b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.cpp
index af485cddb31..3cb6241e8b4 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.cpp
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "Worker.h"
 #include "KString.h"
 #include "std_support/New.hpp"
+#include <atomic>
 
 #ifndef KONAN_NO_THREADS
 #include <thread>
@@ -471,7 +472,10 @@ RUNTIME_NOTHROW void Kotlin_initRuntimeIfNeededFromKotlin() {
     }
 }
 
-void CallInitGlobalPossiblyLock(int volatile* state, void (*init)()) {
+}  // extern "C"
+
+namespace {
+void callInitGlobalPossiblyLockImpl(int volatile* state, void (*init)()) {
     int localState = *state;
     if (localState == FILE_INITIALIZED) return;
     if (localState == FILE_FAILED_TO_INITIALIZE)
@@ -502,6 +506,7 @@ void CallInitGlobalPossiblyLock(int volatile* state, void (*init)()) {
             throw;
         }
 #endif
+        std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_release);
         *state = FILE_INITIALIZED;
     } else {
         // Switch to the native state to avoid dead-locks.
@@ -514,6 +519,16 @@ void CallInitGlobalPossiblyLock(int volatile* state, void (*init)()) {
         } while (localState != FILE_INITIALIZED);
     }
 }
+}
+
+extern "C" {
+
+NO_INLINE void CallInitGlobalPossiblyLock(int volatile* state, void (*init)()) {
+    callInitGlobalPossiblyLockImpl(state, init);
+    // Ensure proper synchronization around reading/writing of [state] (release barrier defined in callInitGlobalPossiblyLockImpl),
+    // also there is an acquire load of [state] in IrToBitcode.kt::evaluateFileGlobalInitializerCall.
+    std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_acquire);
+}
 
 void CallInitThreadLocal(int volatile* globalState, int* localState, void (*init)()) {
     if (*localState == FILE_FAILED_TO_INITIALIZE || (globalState != nullptr && *globalState == FILE_FAILED_TO_INITIALIZE))