diff --git a/src/bump_arena_lazy.rs b/src/bump_arena_lazy.rs
index 156379b..ab1bd3b 100644
--- a/src/bump_arena_lazy.rs
+++ b/src/bump_arena_lazy.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ use crate::{UninitAllocator, sys};
 pub struct BumpArenaLazy {
     base: NonNull<u8>,
     capacity: usize,
+    // pays the cost of syscall upfront.
+    page_size: usize,
     offset: Cell<usize>,
     commit: Cell<usize>,
     last_os_error: Cell<i32>,
@@ -96,11 +98,14 @@ impl BumpArenaLazy {
     ///
     /// [`new`]: BumpArenaLazy::new
     pub fn try_new(capacity: usize) -> Result<Self, i32> {
+        let page_size = sys::page_size();
+
         // saves us one unnecessary syscall.
         if capacity == 0 {
             return Ok(Self {
                 base: NonNull::dangling(),
                 capacity: 0,
+                page_size,
                 offset: Cell::new(0),
                 commit: Cell::new(0),
                 last_os_error: Cell::new(0),
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ impl BumpArenaLazy {
         Ok(Self {
             base,
             capacity,
+            page_size,
             offset: Cell::new(0),
             commit: Cell::new(0),
             last_os_error: Cell::new(0),
@@ -210,11 +216,10 @@ impl BumpArenaLazy {
         offset: usize,
         size: usize,
     ) -> Option<&mut [MaybeUninit<u8>]> {
-        let page = sys::page_size();
         let current = self.commit.get();
 
         // Round offset up to the next page boundary, capped by capacity.
-        let needed = offset.checked_next_multiple_of(page)?.min(self.capacity);
+        let needed = offset.checked_next_multiple_of(self.page_size)?.min(self.capacity);
 
         // Safety:
         // > `current` is page‑aligned and within the reservation.
diff --git a/src/sys.rs b/src/sys.rs
index ad75d6f..9bf0910 100644
--- a/src/sys.rs
+++ b/src/sys.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ pub fn page_size() -> usize {
 mod platform {
     use core::ffi::c_void;
     use core::ptr::NonNull;
-    use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
     unsafe extern "C" {
         fn mmap(
@@ -162,28 +161,11 @@ mod platform {
         unsafe { *errno_location() }
     }
 
-    static PAGE_SIZE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
-
+    #[allow(clippy::cast_sign_loss)]
     #[inline]
     pub fn page_size() -> usize {
-        let sz = PAGE_SIZE.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
-        if sz != 0 {
-            return sz;
-        }
-        page_size_store()
-    }
-
-    #[allow(
-        clippy::cast_possible_truncation,
-        clippy::cast_sign_loss,
-        reason = "getpagesize returns an int, but page sizes are never negative or very large"
-    )]
-    #[cold]
-    fn page_size_store() -> usize {
-        let raw = unsafe { getpagesize() };
-        let sz = if raw <= 0 { 4 * 1024 } else { raw as usize };
-        PAGE_SIZE.store(sz, Ordering::Relaxed);
-        sz
+        let sz = unsafe { getpagesize() };
+        if sz <= 0 { 4 * 1024 } else { sz as usize }
     }
 }
 
@@ -191,7 +173,6 @@ mod platform {
 mod platform {
     use core::ffi::c_void;
     use core::ptr::NonNull;
-    use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
     unsafe extern "system" {
         fn VirtualAlloc(
@@ -248,23 +229,10 @@ mod platform {
         unsafe { GetLastError() }.cast_signed()
     }
 
-    static PAGE_SIZE: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
-
     #[inline]
     pub fn page_size() -> usize {
-        let sz = PAGE_SIZE.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
-        if sz != 0 {
-            return sz;
-        }
-        page_size_store()
-    }
-
-    #[cold]
-    fn page_size_store() -> usize {
         let mut info: SYSTEM_INFO = unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() };
         unsafe { GetSystemInfo(&raw mut info) };
-        let sz = info.dwPageSize as usize;
-        PAGE_SIZE.store(sz, Ordering::Relaxed);
-        sz
+        info.dwPageSize as usize
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/typed_arena_lazy.rs b/src/typed_arena_lazy.rs
index 253bbeb..d45d618 100644
--- a/src/typed_arena_lazy.rs
+++ b/src/typed_arena_lazy.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ use crate::sys;
 pub struct TypedArenaLazy<T> {
     base: NonNull<MaybeUninit<T>>,
     capacity: usize,
+    // pays the cost of syscall upfront.
+    page_size: usize,
     offset: Cell<usize>,
     commit: Cell<usize>,
     last_os_error: Cell<i32>,
@@ -76,10 +78,13 @@ impl<T> TypedArenaLazy<T> {
     ///
     /// [`new`]: TypedArenaLazy::new
     pub fn try_new(capacity: usize) -> Result<Self, i32> {
+        let page_size = sys::page_size();
+
         if capacity == 0 || size_of::<T>() == 0 {
             return Ok(Self {
                 base: NonNull::dangling(),
                 capacity,
+                page_size,
                 offset: Cell::new(0),
                 commit: Cell::new(0),
                 last_os_error: Cell::new(0),
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ impl<T> TypedArenaLazy<T> {
         Ok(Self {
             base: base.cast(),
             capacity,
+            page_size,
             offset: Cell::new(0),
             commit: Cell::new(0),
             last_os_error: Cell::new(0),
@@ -181,14 +187,13 @@ impl<T> TypedArenaLazy<T> {
     #[inline(never)]
     #[allow(clippy::mut_from_ref)]
     fn alloc_bump(&self, idx: usize, required_bytes: usize, value: T) -> Option<&mut T> {
-        let page = sys::page_size();
         let current = self.commit.get();
 
         // `new` guarantees `capacity * size_of::<T>()` fits.
         let total_bytes = self.capacity * size_of::<T>();
 
         // Next page rounding
-        let needed = required_bytes.checked_next_multiple_of(page)?.min(total_bytes);
+        let needed = required_bytes.checked_next_multiple_of(self.page_size)?.min(total_bytes);
 
         // Safety:
         // > `current` is page‑aligned and within the reservation.