diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index 2c4111cc457..24abc4580f5 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -2583,8 +2583,8 @@ static void
 load_filtees(Obj_Entry *obj, int flags, RtldLockState *lockstate)
 {
 
-    lock_restart_for_upgrade(lockstate);
     if (!obj->filtees_loaded) {
+	lock_restart_for_upgrade(lockstate);
 	load_filtee1(obj, obj->needed_filtees, flags, lockstate);
 	load_filtee1(obj, obj->needed_aux_filtees, flags, lockstate);
 	obj->filtees_loaded = true;