diff --git a/src/thread.c b/src/thread.c
index c9b839f0f4926d38c4717904c4d170c57e093483..cde506263dbd701bcf750a24da63e750520dc053 100644
--- a/src/thread.c
+++ b/src/thread.c
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ rt_err_t rt_thread_startup (rt_thread_t thread)
 	thread->stat = RT_THREAD_SUSPEND;
 	/* then resume it */
 	rt_thread_resume(thread);
+	/* do a scheduling */
+	rt_schedule();
 
 	return RT_EOK;
 }