diff --git a/headers/private/libroot/locale/LocaleBackend.h b/headers/private/libroot/locale/LocaleBackend.h
index 1393a6b959..3c19319948 100644
--- a/headers/private/libroot/locale/LocaleBackend.h
+++ b/headers/private/libroot/locale/LocaleBackend.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 struct lconv;
 struct lc_time_t;
+struct locale_data;		// glibc
 
 
 namespace BPrivate {
@@ -47,14 +48,33 @@ struct LocaleMonetaryDataBridge {
 
 
 struct LocaleNumericDataBridge {
-	const char** 		addrOfGlibcDecimalPoint;
-	const char** 		addrOfGlibcThousandsSep;
-	const char** 		addrOfGlibcGrouping;
-	uint32_t*	 		addrOfGlibcWCDecimalPoint;
-	uint32_t*	 		addrOfGlibcWCThousandsSep;
+private:
+	// struct used by glibc to store numeric locale data
+	struct GlibcNumericLocale {
+		const char* name;
+		const char* filedata;
+		off_t filesize;
+		int mmaped;
+		unsigned int usage_count;
+		int use_translit;
+		const char *options;
+		unsigned int nstrings;
+		union locale_data_value
+		{
+			const uint32_t* wstr;
+			const char* string;
+			unsigned int word;
+		}
+		values[6];
+	};
+	locale_data* originalGlibcLocale;
+
+public:
 	const struct lconv* posixLocaleConv;
+	GlibcNumericLocale  glibcNumericLocale;
 
 	LocaleNumericDataBridge();
+	~LocaleNumericDataBridge();
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/add-ons/icu/ICUNumericData.cpp b/src/system/libroot/add-ons/icu/ICUNumericData.cpp
index 6a410ee46e..b59aa64df9 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/add-ons/icu/ICUNumericData.cpp
+++ b/src/system/libroot/add-ons/icu/ICUNumericData.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ ICUNumericData::ICUNumericData(struct lconv& localeConv)
 void
 ICUNumericData::Initialize(LocaleNumericDataBridge* dataBridge)
 {
-	*dataBridge->addrOfGlibcDecimalPoint = fDecimalPoint;
-	*dataBridge->addrOfGlibcThousandsSep = fThousandsSep;
-	*dataBridge->addrOfGlibcGrouping = fGrouping;
+	dataBridge->glibcNumericLocale.values[0].string = fDecimalPoint;
+	dataBridge->glibcNumericLocale.values[1].string = fThousandsSep;
+	dataBridge->glibcNumericLocale.values[2].string = fGrouping;
 	fDataBridge = dataBridge;
 }
 
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ ICUNumericData::SetTo(const Locale& locale, const char* posixLocaleName)
 		if (result == B_OK) {
 			result = _SetLocaleconvEntry(formatSymbols, fDecimalPoint,
 				DecimalFormatSymbols::kDecimalSeparatorSymbol);
-			*fDataBridge->addrOfGlibcWCDecimalPoint
+			fDataBridge->glibcNumericLocale.values[3].word
 				= (unsigned int)fDecimalPoint[0];
 		}
 		if (result == B_OK) {
 			result = _SetLocaleconvEntry(formatSymbols, fThousandsSep,
 				DecimalFormatSymbols::kGroupingSeparatorSymbol);
-			*fDataBridge->addrOfGlibcWCThousandsSep
+			fDataBridge->glibcNumericLocale.values[4].word
 				= (unsigned int)fThousandsSep[0];
 		}
 		if (result == B_OK) {
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ ICUNumericData::SetToPosix()
 		strcpy(fDecimalPoint, fDataBridge->posixLocaleConv->decimal_point);
 		strcpy(fThousandsSep, fDataBridge->posixLocaleConv->thousands_sep);
 		strcpy(fGrouping, fDataBridge->posixLocaleConv->grouping);
-		*fDataBridge->addrOfGlibcWCDecimalPoint
+		fDataBridge->glibcNumericLocale.values[3].word
 			= (unsigned int)fDecimalPoint[0];
-		*fDataBridge->addrOfGlibcWCThousandsSep
+		fDataBridge->glibcNumericLocale.values[4].word
 			= (unsigned int)fThousandsSep[0];
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/locale/LocaleDataBridge.cpp b/src/system/libroot/posix/locale/LocaleDataBridge.cpp
index 57b3a3ed8a..1b9817d552 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/locale/LocaleDataBridge.cpp
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/locale/LocaleDataBridge.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <langinfo.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
 #include <PosixCtype.h>
@@ -16,26 +17,7 @@
 #include <PosixLocaleConv.h>
 
 
-// struct used by glibc to access locale info
-struct locale_data
-{
-	const char* name;
-	const char* filedata;
-	off_t filesize;
-	int mmaped;
-	unsigned int usage_count;
-	int use_translit;
-	const char *options;
-	unsigned int nstrings;
-	union locale_data_value
-	{
-		const uint32_t* wstr;
-		const char* string;
-		unsigned int word;
-	}
-	values[];
-};
-extern struct locale_data _nl_C_LC_NUMERIC;
+extern locale_data* _nl_current_LC_NUMERIC;
 
 
 namespace BPrivate {
@@ -69,13 +51,18 @@ LocaleMonetaryDataBridge::LocaleMonetaryDataBridge()
 
 LocaleNumericDataBridge::LocaleNumericDataBridge()
 	:
-	addrOfGlibcDecimalPoint(&_nl_C_LC_NUMERIC.values[0].string),
-	addrOfGlibcThousandsSep(&_nl_C_LC_NUMERIC.values[1].string),
-	addrOfGlibcGrouping(&_nl_C_LC_NUMERIC.values[2].string),
-	addrOfGlibcWCDecimalPoint(&_nl_C_LC_NUMERIC.values[3].word),
-	addrOfGlibcWCThousandsSep(&_nl_C_LC_NUMERIC.values[4].word),
+	originalGlibcLocale(_nl_current_LC_NUMERIC),
 	posixLocaleConv(&gPosixLocaleConv)
 {
+	memcpy(&glibcNumericLocale, _nl_current_LC_NUMERIC,
+		sizeof(glibcNumericLocale));
+	_nl_current_LC_NUMERIC = (locale_data*)&glibcNumericLocale;
+}
+
+
+LocaleNumericDataBridge::~LocaleNumericDataBridge()
+{
+	_nl_current_LC_NUMERIC = originalGlibcLocale;
 }