diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_cpu.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_cpu.c
index 57da9f01ed..8d1e893747 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_cpu.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_cpu.c
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ evas_common_cpu_feature_test(void (*feature)(void))
 void
 evas_common_cpu_init(void)
 {
+   static int called = 0;
    int enabled;
 
+   if (called) return;
+   called = 1;
 #ifdef __i386__
 
    if (evas_common_cpu_feature_test(evas_common_cpu_mmx_test))