diff --git a/src/core/fatal-impl.cc b/src/core/fatal-impl.cc
index de6d4e197..0d16bb692 100644
--- a/src/core/fatal-impl.cc
+++ b/src/core/fatal-impl.cc
@@ -32,11 +32,29 @@ namespace FatalImpl {
 
 /* File-scope */
 namespace {
+  std::list<std::ostream*> **PeekStreamList (void)
+  {
+    static std::list<std::ostream*> *streams = 0;
+    return &streams;
+  }
   std::list<std::ostream*> *GetStreamList (void)
+  {
+    std::list<std::ostream*> **pstreams = PeekStreamList ();
+    if (*pstreams == 0)
+      {
+        *pstreams = new std::list<std::ostream*> ();
+      }
+    return *pstreams;
+  }
+  struct destructor
+  {
+    ~destructor ()
     {
-      static std::list<std::ostream*> streams;
-      return &streams;
+      std::list<std::ostream*> **pstreams = PeekStreamList ();
+      delete *pstreams;
+      *pstreams = 0;
     }
+  };
 }
 
 void