diff --git a/bin/triton-tensor-layout.cpp b/bin/triton-tensor-layout.cpp
index 7b82fad6cce2..b70abe322bf3 100644
--- a/bin/triton-tensor-layout.cpp
+++ b/bin/triton-tensor-layout.cpp
@@ -39,29 +39,32 @@ using namespace mlir;
 // CLI options
 //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-cl::OptionCategory PrinterCategory("Available Print Options",
-                                   "Options for the tensor layout printing.");
+static cl::OptionCategory &getPrinterCategory() {
+  static cl::OptionCategory PrinterCategory(
+      "Available Print Options", "Options for the tensor layout printing.");
+  return PrinterCategory;
+}
 
 static cl::opt<std::string> InputFile(
     "i", cl::desc("File that contains the tensor data layout attributes"),
-    cl::init(""), cl::value_desc("filename"), cl::cat(PrinterCategory));
+    cl::init(""), cl::value_desc("filename"), cl::cat(getPrinterCategory()));
 
 static cl::opt<std::string>
     OutputFile("o", cl::desc("Output file to write the layout into"),
                cl::init(""), cl::value_desc("filename"),
-               cl::cat(PrinterCategory));
+               cl::cat(getPrinterCategory()));
 
 static cl::opt<std::string>
     DataLayoutStr("l", cl::desc("Tensor data layout attribute in string"),
                   cl::value_desc("layout-string"), cl::init(""),
-                  cl::cat(PrinterCategory));
+                  cl::cat(getPrinterCategory()));
 
 static cl::list<std::string>
     AliasName("alias-names",
               cl::desc("A list of alias names (separated by comma) of the "
                        "layout attributes in the input file"),
               cl::value_desc("name1,name2,name3,..."), cl::CommaSeparated,
-              cl::ZeroOrMore, cl::cat(PrinterCategory));
+              cl::ZeroOrMore, cl::cat(getPrinterCategory()));
 
 static cl::opt<bool> UseHWPointOfView(
     "use-hw-view",
@@ -69,11 +72,11 @@ static cl::opt<bool> UseHWPointOfView(
         "Print the layout in hardware point of view. This means the output is "
         "from the warp's perspective. Otherwise, the output is from the "
         "tensor's perspective (e.g., each element maps to xxx thread)."),
-    cl::init(false), cl::cat(PrinterCategory));
+    cl::init(false), cl::cat(getPrinterCategory()));
 
 static cl::opt<std::string> TensorStr(
     "t", cl::desc("Tensor shape and element type (e.g., tensor<2x2xf32>)"),
-    cl::init(""), cl::value_desc("tensor-type"), cl::cat(PrinterCategory));
+    cl::init(""), cl::value_desc("tensor-type"), cl::cat(getPrinterCategory()));
 
 //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Helper functions
@@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ static LogicalResult printLayoutFromString(MLIRContext *context,
 //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-  cl::HideUnrelatedOptions(PrinterCategory);
+  cl::HideUnrelatedOptions(getPrinterCategory());
   cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(argc, argv, "tensor layout printer\n");
 
   DialectRegistry registry;