1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cpukit/posix/src/pthreadinitthreads.c b/cpukit/posix/src/pthreadinitthreads.c
index 3cfb92d01f..2fdfa5325d 100644
--- a/cpukit/posix/src/pthreadinitthreads.c
+++ b/cpukit/posix/src/pthreadinitthreads.c
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ void _POSIX_Threads_Initialize_user_threads_body(void)
       thread_entry,
       NULL
     );
-    if ( eno )
-      _POSIX_Fatal_error( POSIX_FD_PTHREAD, eno );
+    if ( eno != 0 ) {
+      _Terminate(
+        INTERNAL_ERROR_CORE,
+        INTERNAL_ERROR_POSIX_INIT_THREAD_CREATE_FAILED
+      );
+    }
   }
 }