diff --git a/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.cpp b/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.cpp
index 9162a3681..e8ddf1ae5 100644
--- a/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.cpp
+++ b/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.cpp
@@ -26,16 +26,12 @@
 #include "flextVk.h"
 #include "flextVkGlobal.h"
 
-VkResult(VKAPI_PTR *flextvkEnumerateInstanceVersion)(uint32_t*) = nullptr;
+VkResult(VKAPI_PTR *flextvkEnumerateInstanceVersion)(uint32_t*) = reinterpret_cast<VkResult(VKAPI_PTR*)(uint32_t*)>(vkGetInstanceProcAddr(nullptr, "vkEnumerateInstanceVersion"));
 
 FlextVkInstance flextVkInstance{};
 
 FlextVkDevice flextVkDevice{};
 
-void flextVkInit() {
-    flextvkEnumerateInstanceVersion = reinterpret_cast<VkResult(VKAPI_PTR*)(uint32_t*)>(vkGetInstanceProcAddr(nullptr, "vkEnumerateInstanceVersion"));
-}
-
 void flextVkInitInstance(VkInstance instance, FlextVkInstance* data) {
     data->EnumeratePhysicalDeviceGroupsKHR = reinterpret_cast<VkResult(VKAPI_PTR*)(VkInstance, uint32_t*, VkPhysicalDeviceGroupProperties*)>(vkGetInstanceProcAddr(instance, "vkEnumeratePhysicalDeviceGroupsKHR"));
     data->GetPhysicalDeviceExternalFencePropertiesKHR = reinterpret_cast<void(VKAPI_PTR*)(VkPhysicalDevice, const VkPhysicalDeviceExternalFenceInfo*, VkExternalFenceProperties*)>(vkGetInstanceProcAddr(instance, "vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalFencePropertiesKHR"));
diff --git a/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.cpp.template b/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.cpp.template
index c78e3ae87..686261643 100644
--- a/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.cpp.template
+++ b/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.cpp.template
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 @for f in funcs:
 @if f.name in ['EnumerateInstanceVersion']:
 @f.returntype\
-(VKAPI_PTR *flextvk@f.name)(@f.param_type_list_string()) = nullptr;
+(VKAPI_PTR *flextvk@f.name)(@f.param_type_list_string()) = reinterpret_cast<@f.returntype\
+(VKAPI_PTR*)(@f.param_type_list_string())>(vkGetInstanceProcAddr(nullptr, "vk@f.name"));
 @end
 @end
 @end
@@ -42,19 +43,6 @@ FlextVkInstance flextVkInstance{};
 
 FlextVkDevice flextVkDevice{};
 
-void flextVkInit() {
-    @for category,funcs in functions:
-    @if funcs:
-    @for f in funcs:
-    @if f.name in ['EnumerateInstanceVersion']:
-    flextvk@f.name = reinterpret_cast<@f.returntype\
-(VKAPI_PTR*)(@f.param_type_list_string())>(vkGetInstanceProcAddr(nullptr, "vk@f.name"));
-    @end
-    @end
-    @end
-    @end
-}
-
 void flextVkInitInstance(VkInstance instance, FlextVkInstance* data) {
     @for category,funcs in functions:
     @if funcs:
diff --git a/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.h b/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.h
index 1b1b44ea6..5d848b853 100644
--- a/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.h
+++ b/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.h
@@ -3994,13 +3994,12 @@ VKAPI_ATTR VkResult VKAPI_CALL vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties(uint32_t*, VkL
 VKAPI_ATTR PFN_vkVoidFunction VKAPI_CALL vkGetInstanceProcAddr(VkInstance, const char*);
 
 /* Global function pointers. These are not present in all Vulkan versions, so
-   they need to be loaded at runtime. */
+   they need to be loaded at runtime. To avoid race conditions when calling
+   an init function manually, the function pointer is fetched in a static
+   constructor. */
 extern FLEXTVK_EXPORT VkResult(VKAPI_PTR *flextvkEnumerateInstanceVersion)(uint32_t*);
 #define vkEnumerateInstanceVersion flextvkEnumerateInstanceVersion
 
-/* Global function pointer initialization */
-void FLEXTVK_EXPORT flextVkInit();
-
 /* Per-instance function pointers */
 struct FlextVkInstance {
 
diff --git a/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.h.template b/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.h.template
index 3bd801dfd..b47586404 100644
--- a/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.h.template
+++ b/src/MagnumExternal/Vulkan/flextVk.h.template
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ VKAPI_ATTR @f.returntype VKAPI_CALL vk@f.name\
 @end
 
 /* Global function pointers. These are not present in all Vulkan versions, so
-   they need to be loaded at runtime. */
+   they need to be loaded at runtime. To avoid race conditions when calling
+   an init function manually, the function pointer is fetched in a static
+   constructor. */
 @for cat,funcs in functions:
 @if funcs:
 @for f in funcs:
@@ -120,9 +122,6 @@ extern FLEXTVK_EXPORT @f.returntype\
 @end
 @end
 
-/* Global function pointer initialization */
-void FLEXTVK_EXPORT flextVkInit();
-
 /* Per-instance function pointers */
 struct FlextVkInstance {
     @for cat,funcs in functions: