diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwinKernel.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwinKernel.h
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwinKernel.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwinKernel.h
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
   bool LoadPlatformBinaryAndSetup(Process *process, lldb::addr_t addr,
                                   bool notify) override;
 
+  void UpdateKextandKernelsLocalScan();
+
   // Most of the ivars are assembled under FileSystem::EnumerateDirectory calls
   // where the function being called for each file/directory must be static.
   // We'll pass a this pointer as a baton and access the ivars directly.
@@ -194,6 +196,8 @@
 
   LazyBool m_ios_debug_session;
 
+  std::once_flag m_kext_scan_flag;
+
   PlatformDarwinKernel(const PlatformDarwinKernel &) = delete;
   const PlatformDarwinKernel &operator=(const PlatformDarwinKernel &) = delete;
 };
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwinKernel.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwinKernel.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwinKernel.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwinKernel.cpp
@@ -229,12 +229,8 @@
       m_name_to_kext_path_map_without_dsyms(), m_search_directories(),
       m_search_directories_no_recursing(), m_kernel_binaries_with_dsyms(),
       m_kernel_binaries_without_dsyms(), m_kernel_dsyms_no_binaries(),
-      m_kernel_dsyms_yaas(), m_ios_debug_session(is_ios_debug_session)
-
-{
-  CollectKextAndKernelDirectories();
-  SearchForKextsAndKernelsRecursively();
-}
+      m_kernel_dsyms_yaas(), m_ios_debug_session(is_ios_debug_session),
+      m_kext_scan_flag() {}
 
 /// Destructor.
 ///
@@ -243,6 +239,7 @@
 PlatformDarwinKernel::~PlatformDarwinKernel() = default;
 
 void PlatformDarwinKernel::GetStatus(Stream &strm) {
+  UpdateKextandKernelsLocalScan();
   Platform::GetStatus(strm);
   strm.Printf(" Debug session type: ");
   if (m_ios_debug_session == eLazyBoolYes)
@@ -709,6 +706,13 @@
   return results;
 }
 
+void PlatformDarwinKernel::UpdateKextandKernelsLocalScan() {
+  std::call_once(m_kext_scan_flag, [this]() {
+    CollectKextAndKernelDirectories();
+    SearchForKextsAndKernelsRecursively();
+  });
+}
+
 Status PlatformDarwinKernel::GetSharedModule(
     const ModuleSpec &module_spec, Process *process, ModuleSP &module_sp,
     const FileSpecList *module_search_paths_ptr,
@@ -789,6 +793,7 @@
     llvm::SmallVectorImpl<ModuleSP> *old_modules, bool *did_create_ptr) {
   Status error;
   module_sp.reset();
+  UpdateKextandKernelsLocalScan();
 
   // First try all kernel binaries that have a dSYM next to them
   for (auto possible_kernel : m_kernel_binaries_with_dsyms) {