diff --git a/entity_map_json.cpp b/entity_map_json.cpp
index 96ef61c..c0b836c 100644
--- a/entity_map_json.cpp
+++ b/entity_map_json.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <exception>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <ipmid/types.hpp>
+#include <memory>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
@@ -14,9 +15,34 @@
 
 extern const EntityInfoMap entities;
 
-const EntityInfoMap& getIpmiEntityRecords()
+EntityInfoMapContainer* EntityInfoMapContainer::getContainer()
 {
-    return entities;
+    static std::unique_ptr<EntityInfoMapContainer> instance;
+
+    if (!instance)
+    {
+        /* TODO: With multi-threading this would all need to be locked so
+         * the first thread to hit it would set it up.
+         */
+        EntityInfoMap builtEntityMap = buildEntityMapFromFile();
+        if (!builtEntityMap.empty())
+        {
+            instance = std::unique_ptr<EntityInfoMapContainer>(
+                new EntityInfoMapContainer(builtEntityMap));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            instance = std::unique_ptr<EntityInfoMapContainer>(
+                new EntityInfoMapContainer(entities));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return instance.get();
+}
+
+const EntityInfoMap& EntityInfoMapContainer::getIpmiEntityRecords()
+{
+    return entityRecords;
 }
 
 EntityInfoMap buildEntityMapFromFile()
diff --git a/entity_map_json.hpp b/entity_map_json.hpp
index 54884ee..3ab4ff2 100644
--- a/entity_map_json.hpp
+++ b/entity_map_json.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <ipmid/types.hpp>
+#include <memory>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 namespace ipmi
@@ -33,5 +34,24 @@
  */
 EntityInfoMap buildJsonEntityMap(const nlohmann::json& data);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Owner of the EntityInfoMap.
+ */
+class EntityInfoMapContainer
+{
+  public:
+    /** Get ahold of the owner. */
+    static EntityInfoMapContainer* getContainer();
+    /** Get ahold of the records. */
+    const EntityInfoMap& getIpmiEntityRecords();
+
+  private:
+    EntityInfoMapContainer(const EntityInfoMap& entityRecords) :
+        entityRecords(entityRecords)
+    {
+    }
+    EntityInfoMap entityRecords;
+};
+
 } // namespace sensor
 } // namespace ipmi
diff --git a/sensorhandler.cpp b/sensorhandler.cpp
index b5e2f2f..bda7fda 100644
--- a/sensorhandler.cpp
+++ b/sensorhandler.cpp
@@ -602,7 +602,9 @@
     if (count.value_or(0) == getSdrCount)
     {
         // Get SDR count. This returns the total number of SDRs in the device.
-        const auto& entityRecords = ipmi::sensor::getIpmiEntityRecords();
+        const auto& entityRecords =
+            ipmi::sensor::EntityInfoMapContainer::getContainer()
+                ->getIpmiEntityRecords();
         sdrCount =
             ipmi::sensor::sensors.size() + frus.size() + entityRecords.size();
     }
@@ -771,7 +773,9 @@
     {
         // we have reached till end of fru, so assign the next record id to
         // 512(Max fru ID = 511) + Entity Record ID(may start with 0).
-        const auto& entityRecords = ipmi::sensor::getIpmiEntityRecords();
+        const auto& entityRecords =
+            ipmi::sensor::EntityInfoMapContainer::getContainer()
+                ->getIpmiEntityRecords();
         auto next_record_id =
             (entityRecords.size())
                 ? entityRecords.begin()->first + ENTITY_RECORD_ID_START
@@ -810,7 +814,9 @@
     get_sdr::SensorDataEntityRecord record{};
     auto dataLength = 0;
 
-    const auto& entityRecords = ipmi::sensor::getIpmiEntityRecords();
+    const auto& entityRecords =
+        ipmi::sensor::EntityInfoMapContainer::getContainer()
+            ->getIpmiEntityRecords();
     auto entity = entityRecords.begin();
     uint8_t entityRecordID;
     auto recordID = get_sdr::request::get_record_id(req);