diff --git a/Kernel/KSyms.cpp b/Kernel/KSyms.cpp
index 405b8abf8a..3d0d014767 100644
--- a/Kernel/KSyms.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/KSyms.cpp
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ void dump_backtrace(bool use_ksyms)
     };
     Vector<RecognizedSymbol> recognized_symbols;
     if (use_ksyms) {
-        for (dword* stackPtr = (dword*)&use_ksyms; current->isValidAddressForKernel(LinearAddress((dword)stackPtr)); stackPtr = (dword*)*stackPtr) {
+        for (dword* stackPtr = (dword*)&use_ksyms; current->validate_read_from_kernel(LinearAddress((dword)stackPtr)); stackPtr = (dword*)*stackPtr) {
             dword retaddr = stackPtr[1];
             if (auto* ksym = ksymbolicate(retaddr))
                 recognized_symbols.append({ retaddr, ksym });
         }
     } else{
-        for (dword* stackPtr = (dword*)&use_ksyms; current->isValidAddressForKernel(LinearAddress((dword)stackPtr)); stackPtr = (dword*)*stackPtr) {
+        for (dword* stackPtr = (dword*)&use_ksyms; current->validate_read_from_kernel(LinearAddress((dword)stackPtr)); stackPtr = (dword*)*stackPtr) {
             dword retaddr = stackPtr[1];
             kprintf("%x (next: %x)\n", retaddr, stackPtr ? (dword*)*stackPtr : 0);
         }
diff --git a/Kernel/KSyms.h b/Kernel/KSyms.h
index 45558de201..d0551c5307 100644
--- a/Kernel/KSyms.h
+++ b/Kernel/KSyms.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct KSym {
 
 const KSym* ksymbolicate(dword address) PURE;
 void load_ksyms();
+void init_ksyms();
 
 extern bool ksyms_ready;
 extern dword ksym_lowest_address;
diff --git a/Kernel/ProcFileSystem.cpp b/Kernel/ProcFileSystem.cpp
index d5b41c3db7..c9d995d1f9 100644
--- a/Kernel/ProcFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/ProcFileSystem.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ByteBuffer procfs$pid_stack(Process& process)
     Vector<RecognizedSymbol> recognizedSymbols;
     if (auto* eipKsym = ksymbolicate(process.tss().eip))
         recognizedSymbols.append({ process.tss().eip, eipKsym });
-    for (dword* stackPtr = (dword*)process.framePtr(); process.isValidAddressForKernel(LinearAddress((dword)stackPtr)); stackPtr = (dword*)*stackPtr) {
+    for (dword* stackPtr = (dword*)process.framePtr(); process.validate_read_from_kernel(LinearAddress((dword)stackPtr)); stackPtr = (dword*)*stackPtr) {
         dword retaddr = stackPtr[1];
         if (auto* ksym = ksymbolicate(retaddr))
             recognizedSymbols.append({ retaddr, ksym });
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.cpp b/Kernel/Process.cpp
index 02153fff9d..c13c824b60 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Process.cpp
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ void sleep(dword ticks)
     sched_yield();
 }
 
-bool Process::isValidAddressForKernel(LinearAddress laddr) const
+bool Process::validate_read_from_kernel(LinearAddress laddr) const
 {
     // We check extra carefully here since the first 4MB of the address space is identity-mapped.
     // This code allows access outside of the known used address ranges to get caught.
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.h b/Kernel/Process.h
index 10ea1f2347..64770bcdb2 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.h
+++ b/Kernel/Process.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public:
     dword stackPtr() const { return m_tss.esp; }
     dword stackTop() const { return m_tss.ss == 0x10 ? m_stackTop0 : m_stackTop3; }
 
-    bool isValidAddressForKernel(LinearAddress) const;
+    bool validate_read_from_kernel(LinearAddress) const;
 
     bool validate_read(const void*, size_t) const;
     bool validate_write(void*, size_t) const;
diff --git a/Kernel/_fs_contents.stock b/Kernel/_fs_contents.stock
index a705e7a43a..3e0ff15aeb 100644
Binary files a/Kernel/_fs_contents.stock and b/Kernel/_fs_contents.stock differ
diff --git a/Kernel/init.cpp b/Kernel/init.cpp
index 61a979c5b9..fb09236341 100644
--- a/Kernel/init.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/init.cpp
@@ -111,12 +111,8 @@ void init()
 {
     cli();
 
-#ifdef KSYMS
-    s_ksyms = nullptr;
-    s_ksyms_ready = false;
-#endif
-
     kmalloc_init();
+    init_ksyms();
 
     auto console = make<Console>();