diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 62c2dab3..4a693f5c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ cfg_if! {
     ))] {
         mod util_libc;
         mod use_file;
-        mod linux_android;
         #[path = "linux_android_with_fallback.rs"] mod imp;
     } else if #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))] {
         mod util_libc;
diff --git a/src/linux_android.rs b/src/linux_android.rs
index 7c1fede4..c57368b0 100644
--- a/src/linux_android.rs
+++ b/src/linux_android.rs
@@ -3,17 +3,7 @@ use crate::{util_libc, Error};
 use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
 
 pub fn getrandom_inner(dest: &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>]) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    util_libc::sys_fill_exact(dest, getrandom_syscall)
-}
-
-// Also used by linux_android_with_fallback to check if the syscall is available.
-pub fn getrandom_syscall(buf: &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>]) -> libc::ssize_t {
-    unsafe {
-        libc::syscall(
-            libc::SYS_getrandom,
-            buf.as_mut_ptr().cast::<core::ffi::c_void>(),
-            buf.len(),
-            0,
-        ) as libc::ssize_t
-    }
+    util_libc::sys_fill_exact(dest, |buf| unsafe {
+        libc::getrandom(buf.as_mut_ptr().cast(), buf.len(), 0)
+    })
 }
diff --git a/src/linux_android_with_fallback.rs b/src/linux_android_with_fallback.rs
index b633faad..2435181f 100644
--- a/src/linux_android_with_fallback.rs
+++ b/src/linux_android_with_fallback.rs
@@ -1,35 +1,76 @@
 //! Implementation for Linux / Android with `/dev/urandom` fallback
-use crate::{lazy::LazyBool, linux_android, use_file, util_libc::last_os_error, Error};
-use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use crate::{use_file, util_libc, Error};
+use core::{
+    ffi::c_void,
+    mem,
+    mem::MaybeUninit,
+    ptr,
+    sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, Ordering},
+};
 
-pub fn getrandom_inner(dest: &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>]) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    // getrandom(2) was introduced in Linux 3.17
-    static HAS_GETRANDOM: LazyBool = LazyBool::new();
-    if HAS_GETRANDOM.unsync_init(is_getrandom_available) {
-        linux_android::getrandom_inner(dest)
+type GetRandomFn = unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void, libc::size_t, libc::c_uint) -> libc::ssize_t;
+
+/// Sentinel value which indicates that `libc::getrandom` either not available,
+/// or not supported by kernel.
+const NOT_AVAILABLE: *mut c_void = usize::MAX as *mut c_void;
+
+static GETRANDOM_FN: AtomicPtr<c_void> = AtomicPtr::new(ptr::null_mut());
+
+#[cold]
+fn init() -> *mut c_void {
+    static NAME: &[u8] = b"getrandom\0";
+    let name_ptr = NAME.as_ptr().cast::<libc::c_char>();
+    let raw_ptr = unsafe { libc::dlsym(libc::RTLD_DEFAULT, name_ptr) };
+    let res_ptr = if raw_ptr.is_null() {
+        NOT_AVAILABLE
     } else {
+        let fptr = unsafe { mem::transmute::<*mut c_void, GetRandomFn>(raw_ptr) };
+        // Check that `getrandom` syscall is supported by kernel
+        let res = unsafe { fptr(ptr::NonNull::dangling().as_ptr(), 0, 0) };
+        if res < 0 {
+            match util_libc::last_os_error().raw_os_error() {
+                Some(libc::ENOSYS) => NOT_AVAILABLE, // No kernel support
+                // The fallback on EPERM is intentionally not done on Android since this workaround
+                // seems to be needed only for specific Linux-based products that aren't based
+                // on Android. See https://github.com/rust-random/getrandom/issues/229.
+                #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+                Some(libc::EPERM) => NOT_AVAILABLE, // Blocked by seccomp
+                _ => raw_ptr,
+            }
+        } else {
+            raw_ptr
+        }
+    };
+
+    GETRANDOM_FN.store(res_ptr, Ordering::Release);
+    res_ptr
+}
+
+pub fn getrandom_inner(dest: &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    // Despite being only a single atomic variable, we still cannot always use
+    // Ordering::Relaxed, as we need to make sure a successful call to `init`
+    // is "ordered before" any data read through the returned pointer (which
+    // occurs when the function is called). Our implementation mirrors that of
+    // the one in libstd, meaning that the use of non-Relaxed operations is
+    // probably unnecessary.
+    let mut raw_ptr = GETRANDOM_FN.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+    if raw_ptr.is_null() {
+        raw_ptr = init();
+    }
+
+    if raw_ptr == NOT_AVAILABLE {
         // prevent inlining of the fallback implementation
-        #[inline(never)]
+        #[cold]
         fn inner(dest: &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>]) -> Result<(), Error> {
             use_file::getrandom_inner(dest)
         }
 
         inner(dest)
-    }
-}
-
-fn is_getrandom_available() -> bool {
-    if linux_android::getrandom_syscall(&mut []) < 0 {
-        match last_os_error().raw_os_error() {
-            Some(libc::ENOSYS) => false, // No kernel support
-            // The fallback on EPERM is intentionally not done on Android since this workaround
-            // seems to be needed only for specific Linux-based products that aren't based
-            // on Android. See https://github.com/rust-random/getrandom/issues/229.
-            #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-            Some(libc::EPERM) => false, // Blocked by seccomp
-            _ => true,
-        }
     } else {
-        true
+        // note: `transume` is currently the only way to get function pointer
+        let fptr = unsafe { mem::transmute::<*mut c_void, GetRandomFn>(raw_ptr) };
+        util_libc::sys_fill_exact(dest, |buf| unsafe {
+            fptr(buf.as_mut_ptr().cast(), buf.len(), 0)
+        })
     }
 }