diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctp_bsd_addr.c b/sys/netinet/sctp_bsd_addr.c
index 1ae8ba6204fb..520670fa5e3f 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctp_bsd_addr.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctp_bsd_addr.c
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ sctp_startup_iterator(void)
 		/* You only get one */
 		return;
 	}
+	/* Initialize global locks here, thus only once. */
+	SCTP_ITERATOR_LOCK_INIT();
+	SCTP_IPI_ITERATOR_WQ_INIT();
 	TAILQ_INIT(&sctp_it_ctl.iteratorhead);
 	kproc_create(sctp_iterator_thread,
 	    (void *)NULL,
diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c b/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c
index c3439befb5bf..88dd145a85bb 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c
@@ -5864,14 +5864,6 @@ sctp_pcb_init()
 	for (i = 0; i < SCTP_STACK_VTAG_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
 		LIST_INIT(&SCTP_BASE_INFO(vtag_timewait)[i]);
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Only initialize non-VNET global mutexes for the
-	 * default instance.
-	 */
-	if (IS_DEFAULT_VNET(curvnet)) {
-		SCTP_ITERATOR_LOCK_INIT();
-		SCTP_IPI_ITERATOR_WQ_INIT();
-	}
 	sctp_startup_iterator();
 
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__) && defined(SCTP_MCORE_INPUT) && defined(SMP)