1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libthr/thread/thr_create.c b/lib/libthr/thread/thr_create.c
index c86f2446a5306..0b085625c1353 100644
--- a/lib/libthr/thread/thr_create.c
+++ b/lib/libthr/thread/thr_create.c
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ _pthread_create(pthread_t * thread, const pthread_attr_t * attr,
 	new_thread->uniqueid = next_uniqueid++;
 
 	THREAD_LIST_LOCK;
-	_thread_critical_enter(new_thread);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if the garbage collector thread
@@ -182,8 +181,6 @@ _pthread_create(pthread_t * thread, const pthread_attr_t * attr,
 	/* Add the thread to the linked list of all threads: */
 	TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&_thread_list, new_thread, tle);
 
-	THREAD_LIST_UNLOCK;
-
 	/*
 	 * Create the thread.
 	 *
@@ -200,11 +197,11 @@ _pthread_create(pthread_t * thread, const pthread_attr_t * attr,
 		PANIC("thr_create");
 	}
 
+	THREAD_LIST_UNLOCK;
+
 	/* Return a pointer to the thread structure: */
 	(*thread) = new_thread;
 
-	_thread_critical_exit(new_thread);
-
 	/*
 	 * Start a garbage collector thread
 	 * if necessary.