diff --git a/source/common/common/logger.h b/source/common/common/logger.h
index a50616cc62aee..8fb1548f6628a 100644
--- a/source/common/common/logger.h
+++ b/source/common/common/logger.h
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ class LockingStderrOrFileSink : public spdlog::sinks::sink {
   void log(const spdlog::details::log_msg& msg) override;
   void flush() override;
 
+  /**
+   * @return bool whether a lock has been established.
+   */
+  bool hasLock() const { return lock_ != nullptr; }
+
 private:
   Thread::BasicLockable* lock_{};
   Filesystem::FileSharedPtr log_file_;
@@ -132,6 +137,11 @@ class Registry {
    */
   static const std::vector<Logger>& loggers() { return allLoggers(); }
 
+  /**
+   * @Return bool whether the registry has been initialized.
+   */
+  static bool initialized() { return getSink()->hasLock(); }
+
 private:
   /*
    * @return std::vector<Logger>& return the installed loggers.
diff --git a/source/common/common/thread.cc b/source/common/common/thread.cc
index 153322c44aa03..bb8b3a49126db 100644
--- a/source/common/common/thread.cc
+++ b/source/common/common/thread.cc
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 #include <functional>
 
 #include "common/common/assert.h"
+#include "common/common/logger.h"
 #include "common/common/macros.h"
 
 namespace Envoy {
 namespace Thread {
 
 Thread::Thread(std::function<void()> thread_routine) : thread_routine_(thread_routine) {
+  RELEASE_ASSERT(Logger::Registry::initialized());
   int rc = pthread_create(&thread_id_, nullptr,
                           [](void* arg) -> void* {
                             static_cast<Thread*>(arg)->thread_routine_();