diff --git a/src/dawn/native/DawnNative.cpp b/src/dawn/native/DawnNative.cpp
index 5e9f39b7e7..5bdf2a17bd 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/DawnNative.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/native/DawnNative.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "dawn/native/Instance.h"
 #include "dawn/native/Texture.h"
 #include "dawn/platform/DawnPlatform.h"
+#include "tint/tint.h"
 
 // Contains the entry-points into dawn_native
 
@@ -187,7 +188,9 @@ AdapterDiscoveryOptionsBase::AdapterDiscoveryOptionsBase(WGPUBackendType type)
 // Instance
 
 Instance::Instance(const WGPUInstanceDescriptor* desc)
-    : mImpl(APICreateInstance(reinterpret_cast<const InstanceDescriptor*>(desc))) {}
+    : mImpl(APICreateInstance(reinterpret_cast<const InstanceDescriptor*>(desc))) {
+    tint::Initialize();
+}
 
 Instance::~Instance() {
     if (mImpl != nullptr) {
diff --git a/src/dawn/node/Module.cpp b/src/dawn/node/Module.cpp
index 96afacc998..1110ec94f7 100644
--- a/src/dawn/node/Module.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/node/Module.cpp
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ struct Coverage {
 // types into the global object, and adding the 'create' function on the exported
 // object.
 Napi::Object Initialize(Napi::Env env, Napi::Object exports) {
-    // Initialize Tint
-    tint::Initialize();
-
     // Set all the Dawn procedure function pointers.
     dawnProcSetProcs(&dawn::native::GetProcs());