1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/uisimulator/sdl/thread-sdl.c b/uisimulator/sdl/thread-sdl.c
index 41a60c9bc5..587a5cc868 100644
--- a/uisimulator/sdl/thread-sdl.c
+++ b/uisimulator/sdl/thread-sdl.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void sim_sleep(int ticks)
 
 int runthread(void *data)
 {
-    SDL_mutexV(m);
+    SDL_mutexP(m);
     ((void(*)())data) ();
     SDL_mutexV(m);
     return 0;
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ int create_thread(void (*fp)(void), void* sp, int stk_size)
 
     threads[threadCount++] = SDL_CreateThread(runthread, fp);
 
+    yield();
+
     return 0;
 }