diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc
index 28f4e53a8..4ba1bd22d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ dll_list::alloc (HINSTANCE h, per_process *p, dll_type type)
 	  d->forkable_ntname = d->ntname + ntnamelen + 1;
 	  *d->forkable_ntname = L'\0';
 	}
+      if (forkables_supported ())
+	d->stat_real_file_once (); /* uses nt_max_path_buf () */
       append (d);
       if (type == DLL_LOAD)
 	loaded_dlls++;
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/forkable.cc b/winsup/cygwin/forkable.cc
index 912a9ac8c..e78784c2f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/forkable.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/forkable.cc
@@ -605,10 +605,6 @@ dll_list::forkable_ntnamesize (dll_type type, PCWCHAR fullntname, PCWCHAR modnam
 void
 dll_list::prepare_forkables_nomination ()
 {
-  dll *d = &dlls.start;
-  while ((d = d->next))
-    d->stat_real_file_once (); /* uses nt_max_path_buf () */
-
   PWCHAR pbuf = nt_max_path_buf ();
 
   bool needsep = false;