| Index: webrtc/base/flags.cc | 
| diff --git a/webrtc/base/flags.cc b/webrtc/base/flags.cc | 
| index 0c0f4491c83057d8062d4d9f1e6ce3756c192ccb..248c5c3f185e974a00a34112ba69dd892467066b 100644 | 
| --- a/webrtc/base/flags.cc | 
| +++ b/webrtc/base/flags.cc | 
| @@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ int FlagList::SetFlagsFromCommandLine(int* argc, const char** argv, | 
|  | 
| void FlagList::Register(Flag* flag) { | 
| assert(flag != NULL && strlen(flag->name()) > 0); | 
| -  RTC_CHECK(!Lookup(flag->name())) << "flag " << flag->name() | 
| -                                   << " declared twice"; | 
| +  // NOTE: Don't call Lookup() within Register because it accesses the name_ | 
| +  // of other flags in list_, and if the flags are coming from two different | 
| +  // compilation units, the initialization order between them is undefined, and | 
| +  // this will trigger an asan initialization-order-fiasco error. | 
| flag->next_ = list_; | 
| list_ = flag; | 
| } | 
|  |