1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc b/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
index 24c3f56ce..d56d731c8 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
@@ -301,10 +301,10 @@ pthread::create (void *(*func) (void *), pthread_attr *newattr,
     }
   else
     {
+      postcreate ();
       if (WaitForSingleObject (cancel_event, 5000) != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
 	thread_printf ("event never arrived after CreateThread");
       ResetEvent (cancel_event);
-      postcreate ();
     }
   mutex.unlock ();
 }