diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1ce498e5..b093b1c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "multiboot",
  "naked-function",
+ "one-shot-mutex",
  "qemu-exit",
  "riscv",
  "sbi-rt",
@@ -386,6 +387,15 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "one-shot-mutex"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ab252a69210b0deb4dc8d8695c257d718b058c69a7c3ac6d83cf78310eb6ece"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "paste"
 version = "1.0.14"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 243bfcc3..9248ab38 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 align-address = "0.1"
 hermit-entry = { version = "0.9", features = ["loader"] }
 log = "0.4"
+one-shot-mutex = "0.1"
 sptr = "0.3"
 vm-fdt = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 
diff --git a/src/console.rs b/src/console.rs
index 8e66e7c6..61dd3e32 100644
--- a/src/console.rs
+++ b/src/console.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use core::fmt;
 
+use one_shot_mutex::OneShotMutex;
+
 pub struct Console(());
 
 impl fmt::Write for Console {
@@ -11,4 +13,4 @@ impl fmt::Write for Console {
 	}
 }
 
-pub static mut CONSOLE: Console = Console(());
+pub static CONSOLE: OneShotMutex<Console> = OneShotMutex::new(Console(()));
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7cdec0ae..e464b188 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,5 @@ extern crate alloc;
 fn _print(args: core::fmt::Arguments<'_>) {
 	use core::fmt::Write;
 
-	unsafe {
-		console::CONSOLE.write_fmt(args).unwrap();
-	}
+	console::CONSOLE.lock().write_fmt(args).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/src/none.rs b/src/none.rs
index f7051cd4..405e45ac 100644
--- a/src/none.rs
+++ b/src/none.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn loader_main() -> ! {
 #[panic_handler]
 fn panic(info: &core::panic::PanicInfo<'_>) -> ! {
 	// We can't use `println!` or related macros, because `_print` unwraps a result and might panic again
-	writeln!(unsafe { &mut console::CONSOLE }, "[LOADER] {info}").ok();
+	writeln!(console::CONSOLE.lock(), "[LOADER] {info}").ok();
 
 	loop {}
 }