/* used by sigbus_handler() */
 static MemsetContext *sigbus_memset_context;
+static QemuMutex sigbus_mutex;
 
 static QemuMutex page_mutex;
 static QemuCond page_cond;
 void os_mem_prealloc(int fd, char *area, size_t memory, int smp_cpus,
                      Error **errp)
 {
+    static gsize initialized;
     int ret;
     struct sigaction act, oldact;
     size_t hpagesize = qemu_fd_getpagesize(fd);
     use_madv_populate_write = madv_populate_write_possible(area, hpagesize);
 
     if (!use_madv_populate_write) {
+        if (g_once_init_enter(&initialized)) {
+            qemu_mutex_init(&sigbus_mutex);
+            g_once_init_leave(&initialized, 1);
+        }
+
+        qemu_mutex_lock(&sigbus_mutex);
         memset(&act, 0, sizeof(act));
         act.sa_handler = &sigbus_handler;
         act.sa_flags = 0;
             perror("os_mem_prealloc: failed to reinstall signal handler");
             exit(1);
         }
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&sigbus_mutex);
     }
 }