1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_create.c b/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_create.c
index b3ea39124a7c6..f7c95d05d7e44 100644
--- a/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_create.c
+++ b/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_create.c
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ pthread_create(pthread_t * thread, const pthread_attr_t * attr,
 	       void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg)
 {
 	int		f_gc = 0;
-	int             i;
 	int             ret = 0;
-	int             status;
 	pthread_t       gc_thread;
 	pthread_t       new_thread;
 	pthread_attr_t	pattr;
@@ -166,6 +164,9 @@ pthread_create(pthread_t * thread, const pthread_attr_t * attr,
 			new_thread->start_routine = start_routine;
 			new_thread->arg = arg;
 
+			new_thread->cancelflags = PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE |
+			    PTHREAD_CANCEL_DEFERRED;
+
 			/*
 			 * Write a magic value to the thread structure
 			 * to help identify valid ones: