diff --git a/src/osg/Uniform.cpp b/src/osg/Uniform.cpp
index 5c5583f81..a7fa4db2f 100644
--- a/src/osg/Uniform.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Uniform.cpp
@@ -967,12 +967,13 @@ GLenum Uniform::getInternalArrayType( Type t )
     }
 }
 
-typedef std::map<std::string, unsigned int> UniformNameIDMap;
-static OpenThreads::Mutex s_mutex_uniformNameIDMap;
-static UniformNameIDMap s_uniformNameIDMap;
 
 unsigned int Uniform::getNameID(const std::string& name)
 {
+    typedef std::map<std::string, unsigned int> UniformNameIDMap;
+    static OpenThreads::Mutex s_mutex_uniformNameIDMap;
+    static UniformNameIDMap s_uniformNameIDMap;
+    
     OpenThreads::ScopedLock<OpenThreads::Mutex> lock(s_mutex_uniformNameIDMap);
     UniformNameIDMap::iterator it = s_uniformNameIDMap.find(name);
     if (it != s_uniformNameIDMap.end())
@@ -984,6 +985,9 @@ unsigned int Uniform::getNameID(const std::string& name)
     return id;
 }
 
+// Use a proxy to force the initialization of the static variables in the Unifrom::getNameID() method during static initialization
+OSG_INIT_SINGLETON_PROXY(UniformNameIDStaticInitializationProxy, Uniform::getNameID(std::string()))
+
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // value constructors for single-element (ie: non-array) uniforms
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/Scene.cpp b/src/osgViewer/Scene.cpp
index d9af8002d..86133b03c 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/Scene.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/Scene.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static SceneSingleton& getSceneSingleton()
     return s_sceneSingleton;
 }
 
-// Use a proxy to force the initialization of the the SceneSingleton during static initialization
+// Use a proxy to force the initialization of the SceneSingleton during static initialization
 OSG_INIT_SINGLETON_PROXY(SceneSingletonProxy, getSceneSingleton())
 
 }