diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.cpp
index 700a85bc112..3e493e87724 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorage.cpp
@@ -9,14 +9,11 @@
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
-namespace {
-
-thread_local NanotraceHR::StringViewCategory<projectStorageTracingStatus()> projectStorageCategory_{
-    "project storage"_t, Tracing::eventQueue(), projectStorageCategory};
-}
-
 NanotraceHR::StringViewCategory<projectStorageTracingStatus()> &projectStorageCategory()
 {
+    thread_local NanotraceHR::StringViewCategory<projectStorageTracingStatus()>
+        projectStorageCategory_{"project storage"_t, Tracing::eventQueue(), projectStorageCategory};
+
     return projectStorageCategory_;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/tracing/qmldesignertracing.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/tracing/qmldesignertracing.cpp
index 790be02b701..d49c6156a65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/tracing/qmldesignertracing.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/tracing/qmldesignertracing.cpp
@@ -7,31 +7,37 @@ namespace QmlDesigner {
 namespace Tracing {
 
 namespace {
+
 using TraceFile = NanotraceHR::TraceFile<tracingStatus()>;
 
-TraceFile traceFile{"qml_designer.json"};
-
-thread_local NanotraceHR::EventQueueData<NanotraceHR::StringViewTraceEvent, 10000, tracingStatus()>
-    stringViewEventQueueData(traceFile);
-
-thread_local NanotraceHR::EventQueueData<NanotraceHR::StringViewWithStringArgumentsTraceEvent, 1000, tracingStatus()>
-    stringViewWithStringArgumentsEventQueueData(traceFile);
+TraceFile &traceFile()
+{
+    static TraceFile traceFile{"qml_designer.json"};
+    return traceFile;
+}
 } // namespace
 
 EventQueue &eventQueue()
 {
+    thread_local NanotraceHR::EventQueueData<NanotraceHR::StringViewTraceEvent, 10000, tracingStatus()>
+        stringViewEventQueueData(traceFile());
+
     return stringViewEventQueueData;
 }
 
 EventQueueWithStringArguments &eventQueueWithStringArguments()
 {
+    thread_local NanotraceHR::
+        EventQueueData<NanotraceHR::StringViewWithStringArgumentsTraceEvent, 1000, tracingStatus()>
+            stringViewWithStringArgumentsEventQueueData(traceFile());
+
     return stringViewWithStringArgumentsEventQueueData;
 }
 
 StringEventQueue &stringEventQueue()
 {
     thread_local NanotraceHR::EventQueueData<NanotraceHR::StringTraceEvent, 1000, tracingStatus()> eventQueue(
-        traceFile);
+        traceFile());
 
     return eventQueue;
 }