diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/private_symbols.txt b/include/jemalloc/internal/private_symbols.txt
index 8eec874f..1988c6ed 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/private_symbols.txt
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/private_symbols.txt
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ prof_thread_name_set
 quarantine
 quarantine_alloc_hook
 quarantine_cleanup
+quarantine_alloc_hook_work
 quarantine_init
 register_zone
 rtree_delete
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/quarantine.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/quarantine.h
index 4e9c710a..a399faaa 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/quarantine.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/quarantine.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct quarantine_s {
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_H_EXTERNS
 
 quarantine_t	*quarantine_init(tsd_t *tsd, size_t lg_maxobjs);
+void	quarantine_alloc_hook_work(tsd_t *tsd);
 void	quarantine(tsd_t *tsd, void *ptr);
 void	quarantine_cleanup(tsd_t *tsd);
 
@@ -50,8 +51,8 @@ quarantine_alloc_hook(void)
 	assert(config_fill && opt_quarantine);
 
 	tsd = tsd_fetch();
-	if (tsd_quarantine_get(tsd) == NULL && tsd_nominal(tsd))
-		tsd_quarantine_set(tsd, quarantine_init(tsd, LG_MAXOBJS_INIT));
+	if (tsd_quarantine_get(tsd) == NULL)
+		quarantine_alloc_hook_work(tsd);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/quarantine.c b/src/quarantine.c
index 1301b479..aa1c3b04 100644
--- a/src/quarantine.c
+++ b/src/quarantine.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ quarantine_init(tsd_t *tsd, size_t lg_maxobjs)
 {
 	quarantine_t *quarantine;
 
+	assert(tsd_nominal(tsd));
+
 	quarantine = (quarantine_t *)imalloc(tsd, offsetof(quarantine_t, objs) +
 	    ((ZU(1) << lg_maxobjs) * sizeof(quarantine_obj_t)));
 	if (quarantine == NULL)
@@ -36,6 +38,25 @@ quarantine_init(tsd_t *tsd, size_t lg_maxobjs)
 	return (quarantine);
 }
 
+void
+quarantine_alloc_hook_work(tsd_t *tsd)
+{
+	quarantine_t *quarantine;
+
+	if (!tsd_nominal(tsd))
+		return;
+
+	quarantine = quarantine_init(tsd, LG_MAXOBJS_INIT);
+	/*
+	 * Check again whether quarantine has been initialized, because
+	 * qurantine_init() may have triggered recursive initialization.
+	 */
+	if (tsd_quarantine_get(tsd) == NULL)
+		tsd_quarantine_set(tsd, quarantine);
+	else
+		idalloc(tsd, quarantine);
+}
+
 static quarantine_t *
 quarantine_grow(tsd_t *tsd, quarantine_t *quarantine)
 {
@@ -67,6 +88,7 @@ quarantine_grow(tsd_t *tsd, quarantine_t *quarantine)
 	}
 	idalloc(tsd, quarantine);
 
+	tsd_quarantine_set(tsd, ret);
 	return (ret);
 }