diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Linux/Procfs.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Linux/Procfs.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Linux/Procfs.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Linux/Procfs.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 #include "Procfs.h"
 
 #include "lldb/Host/linux/Support.h"
+
 #include "llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Threading.h"
 
 using namespace lldb;
 using namespace lldb_private;
@@ -18,16 +20,23 @@
 
 Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>> lldb_private::process_linux::GetProcfsCpuInfo() {
   static Optional<std::vector<uint8_t>> cpu_info;
-  if (!cpu_info) {
+  static Optional<std::string> error;
+  static llvm::once_flag g_once_flag;
+
+  llvm::call_once(g_once_flag, [] {
     auto buffer_or_error = errorOrToExpected(getProcFile("cpuinfo"));
-    if (!buffer_or_error)
-      return buffer_or_error.takeError();
-    MemoryBuffer &buffer = **buffer_or_error;
-    cpu_info = std::vector<uint8_t>(
-        reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(buffer.getBufferStart()),
-        reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(buffer.getBufferEnd()));
-  }
-  return *cpu_info;
+    if (!buffer_or_error) {
+      error = toString(buffer_or_error.takeError());
+    } else {
+      MemoryBuffer &buffer = **buffer_or_error;
+      cpu_info = std::vector<uint8_t>(
+          reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(buffer.getBufferStart()),
+          reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(buffer.getBufferEnd()));
+    }
+  });
+  if (cpu_info)
+    return *cpu_info;
+  return createStringError(inconvertibleErrorCode(), error->c_str());
 }
 
 Expected<std::vector<cpu_id_t>>