diff --git a/gorm.go b/gorm.go
index 1109e8cd..5b64fa04 100644
--- a/gorm.go
+++ b/gorm.go
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ func Open(dialector Dialector, config *Config) (db *DB, err error) {
 		config.NamingStrategy = schema.NamingStrategy{}
 	}
 
+	// Special case: initialize the smap if given Namer is a schema.NamingStrategy.
+	if v, ok := config.NamingStrategy.(schema.NamingStrategy); ok {
+		v.Init()
+		config.NamingStrategy = v
+	}
+
 	if config.Logger == nil {
 		config.Logger = logger.Default
 	}
diff --git a/schema/naming.go b/schema/naming.go
index 0d093b40..172c63a8 100644
--- a/schema/naming.go
+++ b/schema/naming.go
@@ -31,6 +31,31 @@ type NamingStrategy struct {
 	SingularTable bool
 	NameReplacer  Replacer
 	NoLowerCase   bool
+	smap          *safeSyncMap // Optional: gorm.Open initializes this by calling Init().
+}
+
+// safeSyncMap is a sync.Map that allows Load and Store to be called with a nil receiver.
+type safeSyncMap sync.Map
+
+// Load implements a nil-safe call to sync.Map's Load.
+func (smap *safeSyncMap) Load(name string) (interface{}, bool) {
+	if smap == nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return (*sync.Map)(smap).Load(name)
+}
+
+// Store implements a nil-safe call to sync.Map's Store.
+func (smap *safeSyncMap) Store(name string, value interface{}) {
+	if smap == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	(*sync.Map)(smap).Store(name, value)
+}
+
+// Init initializes a NamingStrategy instance smap ptr.
+func (ns *NamingStrategy) Init() {
+	ns.smap = &safeSyncMap{}
 }
 
 // TableName convert string to table name
@@ -87,7 +112,6 @@ func (ns NamingStrategy) formatName(prefix, table, name string) string {
 }
 
 var (
-	smap sync.Map
 	// https://github.com/golang/lint/blob/master/lint.go#L770
 	commonInitialisms         = []string{"API", "ASCII", "CPU", "CSS", "DNS", "EOF", "GUID", "HTML", "HTTP", "HTTPS", "ID", "IP", "JSON", "LHS", "QPS", "RAM", "RHS", "RPC", "SLA", "SMTP", "SSH", "TLS", "TTL", "UID", "UI", "UUID", "URI", "URL", "UTF8", "VM", "XML", "XSRF", "XSS"}
 	commonInitialismsReplacer *strings.Replacer
@@ -101,24 +125,20 @@ func init() {
 	commonInitialismsReplacer = strings.NewReplacer(commonInitialismsForReplacer...)
 }
 
-// reset should be called before each unit test. It clears out the cached names from smap. TODO: make smap part of NamingStrategy instead of a global singleton.
-func reset() {
-	smap = sync.Map{}
-}
-
 func (ns NamingStrategy) toDBName(name string) string {
 	if name == "" {
 		return ""
-	} else if v, ok := smap.Load(name); ok {
+	} else if v, ok := ns.smap.Load(name); ok {
 		return v.(string)
 	}
 
+	origName := name
 	if ns.NameReplacer != nil {
 		name = ns.NameReplacer.Replace(name)
 	}
 
 	if ns.NoLowerCase {
-		smap.Store(name, name) // TODO: should store with original name, not replaced name
+		ns.smap.Store(origName, name)
 		return name
 	}
 
@@ -159,6 +179,6 @@ func (ns NamingStrategy) toDBName(name string) string {
 		buf.WriteByte(value[len(value)-1])
 	}
 	ret := buf.String()
-	smap.Store(name, ret) // TODO: should store with original name, not replaced name
+	ns.smap.Store(origName, ret)
 	return ret
 }
diff --git a/schema/naming_test.go b/schema/naming_test.go
index 0bada8b4..6096e11d 100644
--- a/schema/naming_test.go
+++ b/schema/naming_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestToDBName(t *testing.T) {
-	reset()
-
 	var maps = map[string]string{
 		"":                          "",
 		"x":                         "x",
@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@ func TestToDBName(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNamingStrategy(t *testing.T) {
-	reset()
-
 	var ns = NamingStrategy{
 		TablePrefix:   "public.",
 		SingularTable: true,
@@ -93,8 +89,6 @@ var testReplacer = CustomReplacer{
 }
 
 func TestCustomReplacer(t *testing.T) {
-	reset()
-
 	var ns = NamingStrategy{
 		TablePrefix:   "public.",
 		SingularTable: true,
@@ -134,8 +128,6 @@ func TestCustomReplacer(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCustomReplacerWithNoLowerCase(t *testing.T) {
-	reset()
-
 	var ns = NamingStrategy{
 		TablePrefix:   "public.",
 		SingularTable: true,
@@ -173,3 +165,44 @@ func TestCustomReplacerWithNoLowerCase(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("invalid column name generated, got %v", columdName)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNamingStrategySmapInit(t *testing.T) {
+	ncalls := 0
+	var testReplacer = CustomReplacer{
+		func(name string) string {
+			ncalls++
+			return name
+		},
+	}
+
+	var ns = NamingStrategy{
+		NameReplacer: testReplacer,
+	}
+
+	ns.IndexName("public.table", "name") // This calls the Replacer: there is no smap.
+	if ncalls != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("replacer function called invalid # of times, got %v", ncalls)
+	}
+
+	ns.IndexName("public.table", "name") // This calls the Replacer: there is no smap.
+	if ncalls != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("replacer function called invalid # of times, got %v", ncalls)
+	}
+
+	// Now call Init() to create the smap. The next call will be cached.
+	ns.Init()
+
+	ns.IndexName("public.table", "name") // This calls the Replacer: smap not populated yet.
+	if ncalls != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("replacer function called invalid # of times, got %v", ncalls)
+	}
+	ns.IndexName("public.table", "name") // This does not call the Replacer. "name" is in the smap.
+	if ncalls != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("replacer function called invalid # of times, got %v", ncalls)
+	}
+
+	ns.IndexName("public.table", "name2") // This calls the Replacer, because it's a different name.
+	if ncalls != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("replacer function called invalid # of times, got %v", ncalls)
+	}
+}