diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_externs.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_externs.h
index cfb7c6fb..9ad9786f 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_externs.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_externs.h
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ extern ssize_t opt_muzzy_decay_ms;
 
 extern const arena_bin_info_t arena_bin_info[NBINS];
 
-extern percpu_arena_mode_t percpu_arena_mode;
-extern const char	*opt_percpu_arena;
-extern const char	*percpu_arena_mode_names[];
+extern percpu_arena_mode_t opt_percpu_arena;
+extern const char *percpu_arena_mode_names[];
 
 extern const uint64_t h_steps[SMOOTHSTEP_NSTEPS];
 
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_types.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_types.h
index 01b9096a..a691bd81 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_types.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/arena_types.h
@@ -20,14 +20,26 @@ typedef struct arena_tdata_s arena_tdata_t;
 typedef struct alloc_ctx_s alloc_ctx_t;
 
 typedef enum {
-	percpu_arena_disabled = 0,
-	percpu_arena = 1,
-	per_phycpu_arena = 2, /* i.e. hyper threads share arena. */
+	percpu_arena_mode_names_base   = 0, /* Used for options processing. */
 
-	percpu_arena_mode_limit = 3
+	/*
+	 * *_uninit are used only during bootstrapping, and must correspond
+	 * to initialized variant plus percpu_arena_mode_enabled_base.
+	 */
+	percpu_arena_uninit            = 0,
+	per_phycpu_arena_uninit        = 1,
+
+	/* All non-disabled modes must come after percpu_arena_disabled. */
+	percpu_arena_disabled          = 2,
+
+	percpu_arena_mode_names_limit  = 3, /* Used for options processing. */
+	percpu_arena_mode_enabled_base = 3,
+
+	percpu_arena                   = 3,
+	per_phycpu_arena               = 4  /* Hyper threads share arena. */
 } percpu_arena_mode_t;
 
-#define PERCPU_ARENA_MODE_DEFAULT	percpu_arena_disabled
-#define OPT_PERCPU_ARENA_DEFAULT	"disabled"
+#define PERCPU_ARENA_ENABLED(m)	((m) >= percpu_arena_mode_enabled_base)
+#define PERCPU_ARENA_DEFAULT	percpu_arena_disabled
 
 #endif /* JEMALLOC_INTERNAL_ARENA_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/background_thread_externs.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/background_thread_externs.h
index fe25acfe..a2d95a73 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/background_thread_externs.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/background_thread_externs.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ extern size_t n_background_threads;
 extern background_thread_info_t *background_thread_info;
 
 bool background_thread_create(tsd_t *tsd, unsigned arena_ind);
-bool background_threads_init(tsd_t *tsd);
 bool background_threads_enable(tsd_t *tsd);
 bool background_threads_disable(tsd_t *tsd);
 bool background_threads_disable_single(tsd_t *tsd,
@@ -22,10 +21,11 @@ void background_thread_postfork_child(tsdn_t *tsdn);
 bool background_thread_stats_read(tsdn_t *tsdn,
     background_thread_stats_t *stats);
 
-#if defined(JEMALLOC_BACKGROUND_THREAD) || defined(JEMALLOC_LAZY_LOCK)
-extern int (*pthread_create_fptr)(pthread_t *__restrict, const pthread_attr_t *,
+#ifdef JEMALLOC_PTHREAD_CREATE_WRAPPER
+extern int pthread_create_wrapper(pthread_t *__restrict, const pthread_attr_t *,
     void *(*)(void *), void *__restrict);
-void *load_pthread_create_fptr(void);
 #endif
+bool background_thread_boot0(void);
+bool background_thread_boot1(tsdn_t *tsdn);
 
 #endif /* JEMALLOC_INTERNAL_BACKGROUND_THREAD_EXTERNS_H */
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/background_thread_structs.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/background_thread_structs.h
index 9507abcd..edf90fe2 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/background_thread_structs.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/background_thread_structs.h
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 /* This file really combines "structs" and "types", but only transitionally. */
 
+#if defined(JEMALLOC_BACKGROUND_THREAD) || defined(JEMALLOC_LAZY_LOCK)
+#  define JEMALLOC_PTHREAD_CREATE_WRAPPER
+#endif
+
 #define BACKGROUND_THREAD_INDEFINITE_SLEEP UINT64_MAX
 
 struct background_thread_info_s {
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_inlines_a.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_inlines_a.h
index d0bf2eee..854fb1e2 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_inlines_a.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_inlines_a.h
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ malloc_getcpu(void) {
 /* Return the chosen arena index based on current cpu. */
 JEMALLOC_ALWAYS_INLINE unsigned
 percpu_arena_choose(void) {
-	unsigned arena_ind;
-	assert(have_percpu_arena && (percpu_arena_mode !=
-	    percpu_arena_disabled));
+	assert(have_percpu_arena && PERCPU_ARENA_ENABLED(opt_percpu_arena));
 
 	malloc_cpuid_t cpuid = malloc_getcpu();
 	assert(cpuid >= 0);
-	if ((percpu_arena_mode == percpu_arena) ||
-	    ((unsigned)cpuid < ncpus / 2)) {
+
+	unsigned arena_ind;
+	if ((opt_percpu_arena == percpu_arena) || ((unsigned)cpuid < ncpus /
+	    2)) {
 		arena_ind = cpuid;
 	} else {
-		assert(percpu_arena_mode == per_phycpu_arena);
+		assert(opt_percpu_arena == per_phycpu_arena);
 		/* Hyper threads on the same physical CPU share arena. */
 		arena_ind = cpuid - ncpus / 2;
 	}
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ percpu_arena_choose(void) {
 
 /* Return the limit of percpu auto arena range, i.e. arenas[0...ind_limit). */
 JEMALLOC_ALWAYS_INLINE unsigned
-percpu_arena_ind_limit(void) {
-	assert(have_percpu_arena && (percpu_arena_mode != percpu_arena_disabled));
-	if (percpu_arena_mode == per_phycpu_arena && ncpus > 1) {
+percpu_arena_ind_limit(percpu_arena_mode_t mode) {
+	assert(have_percpu_arena && PERCPU_ARENA_ENABLED(mode));
+	if (mode == per_phycpu_arena && ncpus > 1) {
 		if (ncpus % 2) {
 			/* This likely means a misconfig. */
 			return ncpus / 2 + 1;
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_inlines_b.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_inlines_b.h
index 37493160..2e76e5d8 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_inlines_b.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_inlines_b.h
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ arena_choose_impl(tsd_t *tsd, arena_t *arena, bool internal) {
 	 * auto percpu arena range, (i.e. thread is assigned to a manually
 	 * managed arena), then percpu arena is skipped.
 	 */
-	if (have_percpu_arena && (percpu_arena_mode != percpu_arena_disabled) &&
-	    !internal && (arena_ind_get(ret) < percpu_arena_ind_limit()) &&
-	    (ret->last_thd != tsd_tsdn(tsd))) {
+	if (have_percpu_arena && PERCPU_ARENA_ENABLED(opt_percpu_arena) &&
+	    !internal && (arena_ind_get(ret) <
+	    percpu_arena_ind_limit(opt_percpu_arena)) && (ret->last_thd !=
+	    tsd_tsdn(tsd))) {
 		unsigned ind = percpu_arena_choose();
 		if (arena_ind_get(ret) != ind) {
 			percpu_arena_update(tsd, ind);
diff --git a/src/arena.c b/src/arena.c
index 151aad3e..dedbb3e3 100644
--- a/src/arena.c
+++ b/src/arena.c
@@ -13,13 +13,18 @@
 /******************************************************************************/
 /* Data. */
 
+/*
+ * Define names for both unininitialized and initialized phases, so that
+ * options and mallctl processing are straightforward.
+ */
 const char *percpu_arena_mode_names[] = {
+	"percpu",
+	"phycpu",
 	"disabled",
 	"percpu",
 	"phycpu"
 };
-const char *opt_percpu_arena = OPT_PERCPU_ARENA_DEFAULT;
-percpu_arena_mode_t percpu_arena_mode = PERCPU_ARENA_MODE_DEFAULT;
+percpu_arena_mode_t opt_percpu_arena = PERCPU_ARENA_DEFAULT;
 
 ssize_t opt_dirty_decay_ms = DIRTY_DECAY_MS_DEFAULT;
 ssize_t opt_muzzy_decay_ms = MUZZY_DECAY_MS_DEFAULT;
diff --git a/src/background_thread.c b/src/background_thread.c
index ccb50a21..800526f5 100644
--- a/src/background_thread.c
+++ b/src/background_thread.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ background_thread_info_t *background_thread_info;
 #ifndef JEMALLOC_BACKGROUND_THREAD
 #define NOT_REACHED { not_reached(); }
 bool background_thread_create(tsd_t *tsd, unsigned arena_ind) NOT_REACHED
-bool background_threads_init(tsd_t *tsd) NOT_REACHED
 bool background_threads_enable(tsd_t *tsd) NOT_REACHED
 bool background_threads_disable(tsd_t *tsd) NOT_REACHED
 bool background_threads_disable_single(tsd_t *tsd,
@@ -53,44 +52,6 @@ background_thread_info_reinit(tsdn_t *tsdn, background_thread_info_t *info) {
 	}
 }
 
-bool
-background_threads_init(tsd_t *tsd) {
-	assert(have_background_thread);
-	assert(narenas_total_get() > 0);
-
-	background_thread_enabled_set(tsd_tsdn(tsd), opt_background_thread);
-	if (malloc_mutex_init(&background_thread_lock,
-	    "background_thread_global",
-	    WITNESS_RANK_BACKGROUND_THREAD_GLOBAL,
-	    malloc_mutex_rank_exclusive)) {
-		return true;
-	}
-	background_thread_info = (background_thread_info_t *)base_alloc(
-	    tsd_tsdn(tsd), b0get(), ncpus * sizeof(background_thread_info_t),
-	    CACHELINE);
-	if (background_thread_info == NULL) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	for (unsigned i = 0; i < ncpus; i++) {
-		background_thread_info_t *info = &background_thread_info[i];
-		if (malloc_mutex_init(&info->mtx, "background_thread",
-		    WITNESS_RANK_BACKGROUND_THREAD,
-		    malloc_mutex_rank_exclusive)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (pthread_cond_init(&info->cond, NULL)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		malloc_mutex_lock(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &info->mtx);
-		info->started = false;
-		background_thread_info_reinit(tsd_tsdn(tsd), info);
-		malloc_mutex_unlock(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &info->mtx);
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline bool
 set_current_thread_affinity(UNUSED int cpu) {
 #if defined(JEMALLOC_HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY)
@@ -363,12 +324,11 @@ background_thread_create(tsd_t *tsd, unsigned arena_ind) {
 
 	pre_reentrancy(tsd);
 	int err;
-	load_pthread_create_fptr();
 	/*
 	 * To avoid complications (besides reentrancy), create internal
 	 * background threads with the underlying pthread_create.
 	 */
-	if ((err = pthread_create_fptr(&info->thread, NULL,
+	if ((err = pthread_create_wrapper(&info->thread, NULL,
 	    background_thread_entry, (void *)thread_ind)) != 0) {
 		malloc_printf("<jemalloc>: arena %u background thread creation "
 		    "failed (%d).\n", arena_ind, err);
@@ -638,28 +598,84 @@ background_thread_stats_read(tsdn_t *tsdn, background_thread_stats_t *stats) {
 
 #endif /* defined(JEMALLOC_BACKGROUND_THREAD) */
 
-#if defined(JEMALLOC_BACKGROUND_THREAD) || defined(JEMALLOC_LAZY_LOCK)
+#ifdef JEMALLOC_PTHREAD_CREATE_WRAPPER
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 
-int (*pthread_create_fptr)(pthread_t *__restrict, const pthread_attr_t *,
+static int (*pthread_create_fptr)(pthread_t *__restrict, const pthread_attr_t *,
     void *(*)(void *), void *__restrict);
 
-void *
-load_pthread_create_fptr(void) {
-	if (pthread_create_fptr) {
-		return pthread_create_fptr;
-	}
+static void
+pthread_create_wrapper_once(void) {
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_LAZY_LOCK
 	isthreaded = true;
 #endif
+}
+
+int
+pthread_create_wrapper(pthread_t *__restrict thread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
+    void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *__restrict arg) {
+	static pthread_once_t once_control = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+
+	pthread_once(&once_control, pthread_create_wrapper_once);
+
+	return pthread_create_fptr(thread, attr, start_routine, arg);
+}
+#endif
+
+bool
+background_thread_boot0(void) {
+	if (!have_background_thread && opt_background_thread) {
+		malloc_printf("<jemalloc>: option background_thread currently "
+		    "supports pthread only. \n");
+		return true;
+	}
+
+#ifdef JEMALLOC_PTHREAD_CREATE_WRAPPER
 	pthread_create_fptr = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "pthread_create");
 	if (pthread_create_fptr == NULL) {
 		malloc_write("<jemalloc>: Error in dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "
 		    "\"pthread_create\")\n");
 		abort();
 	}
-
-	return pthread_create_fptr;
+#endif
+	return false;
 }
 
+bool
+background_thread_boot1(tsdn_t *tsdn) {
+#ifdef JEMALLOC_BACKGROUND_THREAD
+	assert(have_background_thread);
+	assert(narenas_total_get() > 0);
+
+	background_thread_enabled_set(tsdn, opt_background_thread);
+	if (malloc_mutex_init(&background_thread_lock,
+	    "background_thread_global",
+	    WITNESS_RANK_BACKGROUND_THREAD_GLOBAL,
+	    malloc_mutex_rank_exclusive)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	background_thread_info = (background_thread_info_t *)base_alloc(tsdn,
+	    b0get(), ncpus * sizeof(background_thread_info_t), CACHELINE);
+	if (background_thread_info == NULL) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < ncpus; i++) {
+		background_thread_info_t *info = &background_thread_info[i];
+		if (malloc_mutex_init(&info->mtx, "background_thread",
+		    WITNESS_RANK_BACKGROUND_THREAD,
+		    malloc_mutex_rank_exclusive)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (pthread_cond_init(&info->cond, NULL)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		malloc_mutex_lock(tsdn, &info->mtx);
+		info->started = false;
+		background_thread_info_reinit(tsdn, info);
+		malloc_mutex_unlock(tsdn, &info->mtx);
+	}
 #endif
+
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/src/ctl.c b/src/ctl.c
index 1520c508..70059886 100644
--- a/src/ctl.c
+++ b/src/ctl.c
@@ -1559,7 +1559,8 @@ CTL_RO_NL_GEN(opt_abort_conf, opt_abort_conf, bool)
 CTL_RO_NL_GEN(opt_retain, opt_retain, bool)
 CTL_RO_NL_GEN(opt_dss, opt_dss, const char *)
 CTL_RO_NL_GEN(opt_narenas, opt_narenas, unsigned)
-CTL_RO_NL_GEN(opt_percpu_arena, opt_percpu_arena, const char *)
+CTL_RO_NL_GEN(opt_percpu_arena, percpu_arena_mode_names[opt_percpu_arena],
+    const char *)
 CTL_RO_NL_GEN(opt_background_thread, opt_background_thread, bool)
 CTL_RO_NL_GEN(opt_dirty_decay_ms, opt_dirty_decay_ms, ssize_t)
 CTL_RO_NL_GEN(opt_muzzy_decay_ms, opt_muzzy_decay_ms, ssize_t)
@@ -1610,8 +1611,8 @@ thread_arena_ctl(tsd_t *tsd, const size_t *mib, size_t miblen, void *oldp,
 		}
 
 		if (have_percpu_arena &&
-		    (percpu_arena_mode != percpu_arena_disabled)) {
-			if (newind < percpu_arena_ind_limit()) {
+		    PERCPU_ARENA_ENABLED(opt_percpu_arena)) {
+			if (newind < percpu_arena_ind_limit(opt_percpu_arena)) {
 				/*
 				 * If perCPU arena is enabled, thread_arena
 				 * control is not allowed for the auto arena
diff --git a/src/jemalloc.c b/src/jemalloc.c
index 02e32dad..c3983a5d 100644
--- a/src/jemalloc.c
+++ b/src/jemalloc.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ arena_t *
 arena_choose_hard(tsd_t *tsd, bool internal) {
 	arena_t *ret JEMALLOC_CC_SILENCE_INIT(NULL);
 
-	if (have_percpu_arena && percpu_arena_mode != percpu_arena_disabled) {
+	if (have_percpu_arena && PERCPU_ARENA_ENABLED(opt_percpu_arena)) {
 		unsigned choose = percpu_arena_choose();
 		ret = arena_get(tsd_tsdn(tsd), choose, true);
 		assert(ret != NULL);
@@ -1100,17 +1100,16 @@ malloc_conf_init(void) {
 			if (strncmp("percpu_arena", k, klen) == 0) {
 				int i;
 				bool match = false;
-				for (i = 0; i < percpu_arena_mode_limit; i++) {
+				for (i = percpu_arena_mode_names_base; i <
+				    percpu_arena_mode_names_limit; i++) {
 					if (strncmp(percpu_arena_mode_names[i],
-						    v, vlen) == 0) {
+					    v, vlen) == 0) {
 						if (!have_percpu_arena) {
 							malloc_conf_error(
 							    "No getcpu support",
 							    k, klen, v, vlen);
 						}
-						percpu_arena_mode = i;
-						opt_percpu_arena =
-						    percpu_arena_mode_names[i];
+						opt_percpu_arena = i;
 						match = true;
 						break;
 					}
@@ -1276,6 +1275,10 @@ malloc_init_hard_recursible(void) {
 	}
 #endif
 
+	if (background_thread_boot0()) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -1293,13 +1296,25 @@ malloc_narenas_default(void) {
 	}
 }
 
+static percpu_arena_mode_t
+percpu_arena_as_initialized(percpu_arena_mode_t mode) {
+	assert(!malloc_initialized());
+	assert(mode <= percpu_arena_disabled);
+
+	if (mode != percpu_arena_disabled) {
+		mode += percpu_arena_mode_enabled_base;
+	}
+
+	return mode;
+}
+
 static bool
 malloc_init_narenas(void) {
 	assert(ncpus > 0);
 
-	if (percpu_arena_mode != percpu_arena_disabled) {
+	if (opt_percpu_arena != percpu_arena_disabled) {
 		if (!have_percpu_arena || malloc_getcpu() < 0) {
-			percpu_arena_mode = percpu_arena_disabled;
+			opt_percpu_arena = percpu_arena_disabled;
 			malloc_printf("<jemalloc>: perCPU arena getcpu() not "
 			    "available. Setting narenas to %u.\n", opt_narenas ?
 			    opt_narenas : malloc_narenas_default());
@@ -1315,8 +1330,9 @@ malloc_init_narenas(void) {
 				}
 				return true;
 			}
-			if ((percpu_arena_mode == per_phycpu_arena) &&
-			    (ncpus % 2 != 0)) {
+			/* NB: opt_percpu_arena isn't fully initialized yet. */
+			if (percpu_arena_as_initialized(opt_percpu_arena) ==
+			    per_phycpu_arena && ncpus % 2 != 0) {
 				malloc_printf("<jemalloc>: invalid "
 				    "configuration -- per physical CPU arena "
 				    "with odd number (%u) of CPUs (no hyper "
@@ -1324,7 +1340,8 @@ malloc_init_narenas(void) {
 				if (opt_abort)
 					abort();
 			}
-			unsigned n = percpu_arena_ind_limit();
+			unsigned n = percpu_arena_ind_limit(
+			    percpu_arena_as_initialized(opt_percpu_arena));
 			if (opt_narenas < n) {
 				/*
 				 * If narenas is specified with percpu_arena
@@ -1363,26 +1380,16 @@ malloc_init_narenas(void) {
 	return false;
 }
 
-static bool
-malloc_init_background_threads(tsd_t *tsd) {
-	malloc_mutex_assert_owner(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &init_lock);
-	if (!have_background_thread) {
-		if (opt_background_thread) {
-			malloc_printf("<jemalloc>: option background_thread "
-			    "currently supports pthread only. \n");
-			return true;
-		} else {
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return background_threads_init(tsd);
+static void
+malloc_init_percpu(void) {
+	opt_percpu_arena = percpu_arena_as_initialized(opt_percpu_arena);
 }
 
 static bool
 malloc_init_hard_finish(void) {
-	if (malloc_mutex_boot())
+	if (malloc_mutex_boot()) {
 		return true;
+	}
 
 	malloc_init_state = malloc_init_initialized;
 	malloc_slow_flag_init();
@@ -1421,7 +1428,7 @@ malloc_init_hard(void) {
 	malloc_mutex_lock(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &init_lock);
 
 	/* Initialize narenas before prof_boot2 (for allocation). */
-	if (malloc_init_narenas() || malloc_init_background_threads(tsd)) {
+	if (malloc_init_narenas() || background_thread_boot1(tsd_tsdn(tsd))) {
 		malloc_mutex_unlock(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &init_lock);
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -1431,6 +1438,8 @@ malloc_init_hard(void) {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	malloc_init_percpu();
+
 	if (malloc_init_hard_finish()) {
 		malloc_mutex_unlock(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &init_lock);
 		return true;
diff --git a/src/mutex.c b/src/mutex.c
index 24852226..a528ef0c 100644
--- a/src/mutex.c
+++ b/src/mutex.c
@@ -27,21 +27,11 @@ static malloc_mutex_t	*postponed_mutexes = NULL;
  */
 
 #if defined(JEMALLOC_LAZY_LOCK) && !defined(_WIN32)
-static void
-pthread_create_once(void) {
-	pthread_create_fptr = load_pthread_create_fptr();
-	assert(isthreaded);
-}
-
 JEMALLOC_EXPORT int
 pthread_create(pthread_t *__restrict thread,
     const pthread_attr_t *__restrict attr, void *(*start_routine)(void *),
     void *__restrict arg) {
-	static pthread_once_t once_control = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
-
-	pthread_once(&once_control, pthread_create_once);
-
-	return pthread_create_fptr(thread, attr, start_routine, arg);
+	return pthread_create_wrapper(thread, attr, start_routine, arg);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/test/unit/mallctl.c b/test/unit/mallctl.c
index 80b84a06..f6116549 100644
--- a/test/unit/mallctl.c
+++ b/test/unit/mallctl.c
@@ -327,18 +327,18 @@ TEST_END
 
 TEST_BEGIN(test_thread_arena) {
 	unsigned old_arena_ind, new_arena_ind, narenas;
-	const char *opt_percpu_arena;
 
-	size_t sz = sizeof(opt_percpu_arena);
-	assert_d_eq(mallctl("opt.percpu_arena", &opt_percpu_arena, &sz, NULL,
-	    0), 0, "Unexpected mallctl() failure");
+	const char *opa;
+	size_t sz = sizeof(opa);
+	assert_d_eq(mallctl("opt.percpu_arena", &opa, &sz, NULL, 0), 0,
+	    "Unexpected mallctl() failure");
 
 	sz = sizeof(unsigned);
 	assert_d_eq(mallctl("arenas.narenas", (void *)&narenas, &sz, NULL, 0),
 	    0, "Unexpected mallctl() failure");
 	assert_u_eq(narenas, opt_narenas, "Number of arenas incorrect");
 
-	if (strcmp(opt_percpu_arena, "disabled") == 0) {
+	if (strcmp(opa, "disabled") == 0) {
 		new_arena_ind = narenas - 1;
 		assert_d_eq(mallctl("thread.arena", (void *)&old_arena_ind, &sz,
 		    (void *)&new_arena_ind, sizeof(unsigned)), 0,
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ TEST_BEGIN(test_thread_arena) {
 	} else {
 		assert_d_eq(mallctl("thread.arena", (void *)&old_arena_ind, &sz,
 		    NULL, 0), 0, "Unexpected mallctl() failure");
-		new_arena_ind = percpu_arena_ind_limit() - 1;
+		new_arena_ind = percpu_arena_ind_limit(opt_percpu_arena) - 1;
 		if (old_arena_ind != new_arena_ind) {
 			assert_d_eq(mallctl("thread.arena",
 			    (void *)&old_arena_ind, &sz, (void *)&new_arena_ind,