diff --git a/components/init/components.c b/components/init/components.c
index 01cd117017246866fc5b1168e30f7feadbd10ed2..f7647451c783873a4a5b0357de0a7af6772d01b9 100644
--- a/components/init/components.c
+++ b/components/init/components.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * Date           Author       Notes
  * 2012-09-20     Bernard      Change the name to components.c
  *                             And all components related header files.
+ * 2012-12-23     Bernard      fix the pthread initialization issue.
  */
 #include "components.h"
 
@@ -76,11 +77,13 @@ void rt_components_init(void)
 
 #ifdef RT_USING_NEWLIB
 	libc_system_init(RT_CONSOLE_DEVICE_NAME);
-#endif
+#else
 
+	/* the pthread system initialization will be initiallized in libc */
 #ifdef RT_USING_PTHREADS 
 	pthread_system_init();
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef RT_USING_RTGUI
 	rtgui_system_server_init();