diff --git a/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/include/Debug.h b/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/include/Debug.h
index f66d566..18c43f3 100644
--- a/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/include/Debug.h
+++ b/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/include/Debug.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 struct DebugEntryRAII {
   DebugEntryRAII(const char *File, const unsigned Line, const char *Function);
   ~DebugEntryRAII();
+
+  static void init();
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Debug.cpp b/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Debug.cpp
index fc9b2ed..79be728 100644
--- a/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Debug.cpp
+++ b/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Debug.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 }
 
 /// Current indentation level for the function trace. Only accessed by thread 0.
-static uint32_t Level = 0;
+static uint32_t Level;
 #pragma omp allocate(Level) allocator(omp_pteam_mem_alloc)
 
 DebugEntryRAII::DebugEntryRAII(const char *File, const unsigned Line,
@@ -78,4 +78,6 @@
     Level--;
 }
 
+void DebugEntryRAII::init() { Level = 0; }
+
 #pragma omp end declare target
diff --git a/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/State.cpp b/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/State.cpp
index a16fa1b..d6ae00b 100644
--- a/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/State.cpp
+++ b/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/State.cpp
@@ -366,8 +366,10 @@
 
 void state::init(bool IsSPMD) {
   SharedMemorySmartStack.init(IsSPMD);
-  if (mapping::isInitialThreadInLevel0(IsSPMD))
+  if (mapping::isInitialThreadInLevel0(IsSPMD)) {
     TeamState.init(IsSPMD);
+    DebugEntryRAII::init();
+  }
 
   ThreadStates[mapping::getThreadIdInBlock()] = nullptr;
 }