diff --git a/shared_realm.cpp b/shared_realm.cpp
index fc5eaa2e..fa921fe7 100644
--- a/shared_realm.cpp
+++ b/shared_realm.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 #include <realm/lang_bind_helper.hpp>
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
 
 using namespace realm;
 
 RealmCache Realm::s_global_cache;
-std::mutex Realm::s_init_mutex;
 
 Realm::Config::Config(const Config& c) : path(c.path), read_only(c.read_only), in_memory(c.in_memory), schema_version(c.schema_version), migration_function(c.migration_function)
 {
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ SharedRealm Realm::get_shared_realm(Config &config)
     realm = SharedRealm(new Realm(config));
 
     // we want to ensure we are only initializing a single realm at a time
+    static std::mutex s_init_mutex;
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(s_init_mutex);
 
     uint64_t old_version = ObjectStore::get_schema_version(realm->read_group());
diff --git a/shared_realm.hpp b/shared_realm.hpp
index 5344f1ef..31c0a79b 100644
--- a/shared_realm.hpp
+++ b/shared_realm.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
-#include <mutex>
 #include <set>
 #include <map>
 
@@ -117,8 +116,6 @@ namespace realm {
 
         Group *m_group;
 
-        static std::mutex s_init_mutex;
-
       public:
         ExternalNotificationFunction m_external_notifier;