diff --git a/ldso/ldso/ldso.c b/ldso/ldso/ldso.c
index 125cf96..bb47952 100644
--- a/ldso/ldso/ldso.c
+++ b/ldso/ldso/ldso.c
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ extern void _start(void);
 #ifdef __UCLIBC_HAS_SSP__
 # include <dl-osinfo.h>
 uintptr_t stack_chk_guard;
+uintptr_t __stack_chk_guard attribute_relro;
 # ifndef THREAD_SET_STACK_GUARD
 /* Only exported for architectures that don't store the stack guard canary
  * in local thread area.  */
-uintptr_t __stack_chk_guard attribute_relro;
 #  ifdef __UCLIBC_HAS_SSP_COMPAT__
 strong_alias(__stack_chk_guard,__guard)
 #  endif
@@ -935,13 +935,12 @@ void _dl_get_ready_to_run(struct elf_resolve *tpnt, DL_LOADADDR_TYPE load_addr,
 #ifdef __UCLIBC_HAS_SSP__
 	/* Set up the stack checker's canary.  */
 	stack_chk_guard = _dl_setup_stack_chk_guard ();
+	__stack_chk_guard = stack_chk_guard;
 # ifdef THREAD_SET_STACK_GUARD
 	THREAD_SET_STACK_GUARD (stack_chk_guard);
 #  ifdef __UCLIBC_HAS_SSP_COMPAT__
 	__guard = stack_chk_guard;
 #  endif
-# else
-	__stack_chk_guard = stack_chk_guard;
 # endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libc/misc/internals/__uClibc_main.c b/libc/misc/internals/__uClibc_main.c
index f7e45c6..b527068 100644
--- a/libc/misc/internals/__uClibc_main.c
+++ b/libc/misc/internals/__uClibc_main.c
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ void *__libc_stack_end = NULL;
 
 # ifdef __UCLIBC_HAS_SSP__
 #  include <dl-osinfo.h>
+/* for gcc-4.1 non-TLS */
+uintptr_t __stack_chk_guard attribute_relro;
 #  ifndef THREAD_SET_STACK_GUARD
 /* Only exported for architectures that don't store the stack guard canary
  * in thread local area. */
 #   include <stdint.h>
 uintptr_t stack_chk_guard;
-/* for gcc-4.1 non-TLS */
-uintptr_t __stack_chk_guard attribute_relro;
 /* for gcc-3.x + Etoh ssp */
 #   ifdef __UCLIBC_HAS_SSP_COMPAT__
 #    ifdef __HAVE_SHARED__