3 files changed, 23 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/emcc b/emcc
index 641e1d6a..9a687bd8 100755
--- a/emcc
+++ b/emcc
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ try:
           temp_memfile = os.path.join(shared.EMSCRIPTEN_TEMP_DIR, os.path.basename(memfile))
           if os.path.abspath(memfile) != os.path.abspath(memfile):
             shutil.copyfile(memfile, temp_memfile)
-        return 'loadMemoryInitializer("%s");' % os.path.basename(memfile)
+        return 'var memoryInitializer = "%s";' % os.path.basename(memfile)
       src = re.sub(shared.JS.memory_initializer_pattern, repl, open(final).read(), count=1)
       open(final + '.mem.js', 'w').write(src)
       final += '.mem.js'
diff --git a/src/postamble.js b/src/postamble.js
index 88986dea..8f585b86 100644
--- a/src/postamble.js
+++ b/src/postamble.js
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
 
 // === Auto-generated postamble setup entry stuff ===
 
+if (memoryInitializer) {
+  function applyData(data) {
+#if USE_TYPED_ARRAYS == 2
+    HEAPU8.set(data, STATIC_BASE);
+#else
+    allocate(data, 'i8', ALLOC_NONE, STATIC_BASE);
+#endif
+  }
+  if (ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE || ENVIRONMENT_IS_SHELL) {
+    applyData(Module['readBinary'](memoryInitializer));
+  } else {
+    addRunDependency('memory initializer');
+    Browser.asyncLoad(memoryInitializer, function(data) {
+      applyData(data);
+      removeRunDependency('memory initializer');
+    }, function(data) {
+      throw 'could not load memory initializer ' + memoryInitializer;
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 function ExitStatus(status) {
   this.name = "ExitStatus";
   this.message = "Program terminated with exit(" + status + ")";
diff --git a/src/preamble.js b/src/preamble.js
index 579e3065..02935f8f 100644
--- a/src/preamble.js
+++ b/src/preamble.js
@@ -1020,28 +1020,7 @@ __ATEXIT__.push({ func: function() { PGOMonitor.dump() } });
 addOnPreRun(function() { addRunDependency('pgo') });
 #endif
 
-function loadMemoryInitializer(filename) {
-  function applyData(data) {
-#if USE_TYPED_ARRAYS == 2
-    HEAPU8.set(data, STATIC_BASE);
-#else
-    allocate(data, 'i8', ALLOC_NONE, STATIC_BASE);
-#endif
-  }
-
-  // always do this asynchronously, to keep shell and web as similar as possible
-  addOnPreRun(function() {
-    if (ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE || ENVIRONMENT_IS_SHELL) {
-      applyData(Module['readBinary'](filename));
-    } else {
-      Browser.asyncLoad(filename, function(data) {
-        applyData(data);
-      }, function(data) {
-        throw 'could not load memory initializer ' + filename;
-      });
-    }
-  });
-}
+var memoryInitializer = null;
 
 // === Body ===