diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 27d1677d9..05671d1d2 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ source_set("libcef_static") {
     "libcef/common/task_runner_impl.h",
     "libcef/common/task_runner_manager.cc",
     "libcef/common/task_runner_manager.h",
+    "libcef/common/task_util.h",
     "libcef/common/thread_impl.cc",
     "libcef/common/thread_impl.h",
     "libcef/common/time_impl.cc",
diff --git a/libcef/common/file_util_impl.cc b/libcef/common/file_util_impl.cc
index a4269ddc4..6c69993f2 100644
--- a/libcef/common/file_util_impl.cc
+++ b/libcef/common/file_util_impl.cc
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 #include "base/files/file_util.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "cef/include/cef_file_util.h"
-#include "cef/include/cef_task.h"
+#include "cef/libcef/common/task_util.h"
 #include "third_party/zlib/google/zip.h"
 
 namespace {
 
 bool AllowFileIO() {
-  if (CefCurrentlyOn(TID_UI) || CefCurrentlyOn(TID_IO)) {
+  // Use internal variant that doesn't log before CefInitialize.
+  if (cef::CurrentlyOnThread(TID_UI) || cef::CurrentlyOnThread(TID_IO)) {
     DCHECK(false) << "file IO is not allowed on the current thread";
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/libcef/common/task_impl.cc b/libcef/common/task_impl.cc
index ea7353ef6..9cc5f38eb 100644
--- a/libcef/common/task_impl.cc
+++ b/libcef/common/task_impl.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "base/time/time.h"
 #include "cef/include/cef_task.h"
 #include "cef/libcef/common/task_runner_impl.h"
+#include "cef/libcef/common/task_util.h"
 
 bool CefCurrentlyOn(CefThreadId threadId) {
   scoped_refptr<base::SequencedTaskRunner> task_runner =
@@ -46,3 +47,19 @@ bool CefPostDelayedTask(CefThreadId threadId,
   LOG(WARNING) << "No task runner for threadId " << threadId;
   return false;
 }
+
+namespace cef {
+
+bool CurrentlyOnThread(CefThreadId thread_id) {
+  scoped_refptr<base::SequencedTaskRunner> task_runner =
+      CefTaskRunnerImpl::GetTaskRunner(thread_id);
+  if (task_runner.get()) {
+    return task_runner->RunsTasksInCurrentSequence();
+  }
+
+  // Return false silently when task runners are not initialized (before
+  // CefInitialize). This avoids logging that cannot be configured.
+  return false;
+}
+
+}  // namespace cef
diff --git a/libcef/common/task_util.h b/libcef/common/task_util.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2f247d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcef/common/task_util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright 2025 The Chromium Embedded Framework Authors. All rights
+// reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can
+// be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef CEF_LIBCEF_COMMON_TASK_UTIL_H_
+#define CEF_LIBCEF_COMMON_TASK_UTIL_H_
+#pragma once
+
+#include "cef/include/cef_task.h"
+
+namespace cef {
+
+// Internal variant of CefCurrentlyOn that does not log when called before
+// CefInitialize (when task runners are not yet initialized). Should only be
+// used by libcef internal code that may be called before initialization.
+// Returns false when task runners are not initialized.
+bool CurrentlyOnThread(CefThreadId thread_id);
+
+}  // namespace cef
+
+#endif  // CEF_LIBCEF_COMMON_TASK_UTIL_H_
diff --git a/libcef/common/waitable_event_impl.cc b/libcef/common/waitable_event_impl.cc
index ffcf8f1c6..18dc612dd 100644
--- a/libcef/common/waitable_event_impl.cc
+++ b/libcef/common/waitable_event_impl.cc
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 #include "base/notreached.h"
 #include "base/time/time.h"
-#include "cef/include/cef_task.h"
+#include "cef/libcef/common/task_util.h"
 
 namespace {
 
 bool AllowWait() {
-  if (CefCurrentlyOn(TID_UI) || CefCurrentlyOn(TID_IO)) {
+  // Use internal variant that doesn't log before CefInitialize.
+  if (cef::CurrentlyOnThread(TID_UI) || cef::CurrentlyOnThread(TID_IO)) {
     DCHECK(false) << "waiting is not allowed on the current thread";
     return false;
   }