diff --git a/torchaudio/csrc/sox/stub.cpp b/torchaudio/csrc/sox/stub.cpp
index 0b390b832e2..c83b6d3c440 100644
--- a/torchaudio/csrc/sox/stub.cpp
+++ b/torchaudio/csrc/sox/stub.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ class StubImpl {
   StubImpl(const char* name) : handle(name) {
     // check version: we only support 14.4.2
     {
-      auto version = ((const char* (*)(void))handle.sym("sox_version"))();
-      TORCH_CHECK(
-          strcmp(version, "14.4.2") == 0,
-          "Need libsox 14.4.2, but found ",
-          version);
+      auto f = (const sox_version_info_t* (*)())handle.sym("sox_version_info");
+      if (SOX_LIB_VERSION_CODE != f()->version_code) {
+        auto ver = ((const char* (*)())handle.sym("sox_version"))();
+        TORCH_CHECK(false, "Need libsox 14.4.2, but found ", ver);
+      }
     }
 
     // Register fanction pointers on public-facing interface
@@ -60,24 +60,18 @@ class StubImpl {
     }
   }
 };
-
-static std::unique_ptr<StubImpl> _stub;
-
 } // namespace
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-#define EXT ".lib"
+#define EXT "lib"
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
-#define EXT ".dylib"
+#define EXT "dylib"
 #else
-#define EXT ".so"
+#define EXT "so"
 #endif
 LibSoxStub& libsox_stub() {
-  static c10::once_flag init_flag;
-  c10::call_once(init_flag, [](){
-    _stub = std::make_unique<StubImpl>("libsox" EXT);
-  });
-  return _stub->stub;
+  static StubImpl s{"libsox." EXT};
+  return s.stub;
 }
 #undef EXT