diff --git a/linux/hid-libusb.c b/linux/hid-libusb.c
index 9ec3cbc..844523f 100644
--- a/linux/hid-libusb.c
+++ b/linux/hid-libusb.c
@@ -385,8 +385,16 @@ static char *make_path(libusb_device *dev, int interface_number)
 int HID_API_EXPORT hid_init(void)
 {
 	if (!usb_context) {
+		const char *locale;
+
+		/* Init Libusb */
 		if (libusb_init(&usb_context))
 			return -1;
+
+		/* Set the locale if it's not set. */
+		locale = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL);
+		if (!locale)
+			setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -413,8 +421,6 @@ struct hid_device_info  HID_API_EXPORT *hid_enumerate(unsigned short vendor_id,
 	struct hid_device_info *root = NULL; // return object
 	struct hid_device_info *cur_dev = NULL;
 	
-	setlocale(LC_ALL,"");
-	
 	hid_init();
 
 	num_devs = libusb_get_device_list(usb_context, &devs);
diff --git a/linux/hid.c b/linux/hid.c
index 5a0d41b..7f34f00 100644
--- a/linux/hid.c
+++ b/linux/hid.c
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ static int get_device_string(hid_device *dev, const char *key, wchar_t *string,
 	struct stat s;
 	int ret = -1;
 	
-	setlocale(LC_ALL,"");
-
 	/* Create the udev object */
 	udev = udev_new();
 	if (!udev) {
@@ -205,7 +203,13 @@ end:
 
 int HID_API_EXPORT hid_init(void)
 {
-	/* Nothing to do for this in the Linux/hidraw implementation. */
+	const char *locale;
+
+	/* Set the locale if it's not set. */
+	locale = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL);
+	if (!locale)
+		setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -223,8 +227,8 @@ struct hid_device_info  HID_API_EXPORT *hid_enumerate(unsigned short vendor_id,
 	
 	struct hid_device_info *root = NULL; // return object
 	struct hid_device_info *cur_dev = NULL;
-	
-	setlocale(LC_ALL,"");
+
+	hid_init();
 
 	/* Create the udev object */
 	udev = udev_new();
@@ -404,6 +408,8 @@ hid_device * HID_API_EXPORT hid_open_path(const char *path)
 {
 	hid_device *dev = NULL;
 
+	hid_init();
+
 	dev = new_hid_device();
 
 	if (kernel_version == 0) {