diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index ce65d3e03..2c9198030 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-12  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@alum.bu.edu>
+
+	* thread.cc (pthread::thread_init_wrapper): Wait later to get more
+	parallel behavior.
+
 2004-04-12  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@alum.bu.edu>
 
 	* thread.cc (pthread::create): Use thread mutex to control
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 ();
 }