diff --git a/0001-data-Add-support-for-unified-authentication.patch b/0001-data-Add-support-for-unified-authentication.patch
index 595035d..e9d1c4e 100644
--- a/0001-data-Add-support-for-unified-authentication.patch
+++ b/0001-data-Add-support-for-unified-authentication.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 From 68976aadfb6c311196012439d97094c8244cdc49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Joan Torres Lopez <joantolo@redhat.com>
 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:42:37 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] session: Log JSON request when GDM_DEBUG_JSON_REQUESTS is
+Subject: [PATCH 1/3] session: Log JSON request when GDM_DEBUG_JSON_REQUESTS is
  set
 
 This is only useful for debugging and testing.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ index 388b0d037..9affbc438 100644
 From bb975dec28884e371a5a54ae524315b8b7a7ea13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com>
 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 09:40:39 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] data: Add support for unified authentication
+Subject: [PATCH 2/3] data: Add support for unified authentication
 
 At the moment, every authentication mechanism gets its own
 separate PAM conversation.
@@ -130,3 +130,36 @@ index 000000000..6648c3cec
 -- 
 2.51.1
 
+From c18c8201c4d2af24b7aaf2168a3428fea542c733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joan Torres Lopez <joantolo@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:12:01 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 3/3] session: Use g_once for GDM_DEBUG_JSON_REQUESTS environment
+ variable check
+
+Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/merge_requests/353>
+---
+ daemon/gdm-session.c | 8 +++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/daemon/gdm-session.c b/daemon/gdm-session.c
+index 5f103eddb..5c04ad1be 100644
+--- a/daemon/gdm-session.c
++++ b/daemon/gdm-session.c
+@@ -832,7 +832,13 @@ gdm_session_handle_custom_json_request (GdmDBusWorkerManager  *worker_manager_in
+         if (conversation != NULL) {
+                 set_pending_query (conversation, invocation);
+ 
+-                if (g_getenv ("GDM_DEBUG_JSON_REQUESTS") != NULL)
++                static gsize debug_json_requests;
++
++                if (g_once_init_enter (&debug_json_requests))
++                        g_once_init_leave (&debug_json_requests,
++                                           g_getenv ("GDM_DEBUG_JSON_REQUESTS") != NULL ? 1 : 2);
++
++                if (debug_json_requests == 1)
+                         g_message ("GdmSession: emitting custom JSON request '%s' v%u: %s",
+                                    protocol, version, request);
+                 gdm_dbus_user_verifier_custom_json_emit_request (custom_json_interface,
+-- 
+2.52.0
+