diff --git a/src/thread/__wait.c b/src/thread/__wait.c
index 01ee598287720773b220acef49cacc9892e01106..dc33c1a30992e6c04e4482cef8a2f8279d18262a 100644
--- a/src/thread/__wait.c
+++ b/src/thread/__wait.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 void __wait(volatile int *addr, volatile int *waiters, int val, int priv)
 {
 	int spins=100;
-	if (priv) priv = 128;
+	if (priv) priv = FUTEX_PRIVATE;
 	while (spins-- && (!waiters || !*waiters)) {
 		if (*addr==val) a_spin();
 		else return;