diff --git a/src/errno/__errno_location.c b/src/errno/__errno_location.c
index a0185780c531cc2a21edf9b0d059eac1b4c6c071..3e92d7c7a89abc6e10c31ff3e600bfa2e987fe28 100644
--- a/src/errno/__errno_location.c
+++ b/src/errno/__errno_location.c
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-#include <errno.h>
-#include "libc.h"
+#include "pthread_impl.h"
 
 int *__errno_location(void)
 {
 	static int e;
-	if (libc.errno_location) return libc.errno_location();
+	if (libc.main_thread) return __pthread_self()->errno_ptr;
 	return &e;
 }
diff --git a/src/internal/libc.h b/src/internal/libc.h
index 07ed70cd24c881967aff13dda149a980b1ffc4d4..b81c9ae70d7e04983610c9c186f3fe6622de20d8 100644
--- a/src/internal/libc.h
+++ b/src/internal/libc.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 struct __libc {
-	int *(*errno_location)(void);
+	void *main_thread;
 	int threaded;
 	int canceldisable;
 	int (*atexit)(void (*)(void));
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ struct __libc {
 	volatile int threads_minus_1;
 	int ofl_lock;
 	FILE *ofl_head;
-	void *main_thread;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/thread/pthread_self.c b/src/thread/pthread_self.c
index 9f885d94a5472ce8a9b8644cf217e74f902c2881..d2493fcf3f4d5371f6a1a48fcc1bd014c47016a1 100644
--- a/src/thread/pthread_self.c
+++ b/src/thread/pthread_self.c
@@ -6,21 +6,16 @@ static struct pthread main_thread;
 static const void *dummy[1] = { 0 };
 weak_alias(dummy, __pthread_tsd_main);
 
-static int *errno_location()
-{
-	return __pthread_self()->errno_ptr;
-}
-
 static int init_main_thread()
 {
 	if (__set_thread_area(&main_thread) < 0) return -1;
 	main_thread.canceldisable = libc.canceldisable;
 	main_thread.tsd = (void **)__pthread_tsd_main;
-	main_thread.self = libc.main_thread = &main_thread;
 	main_thread.errno_ptr = __errno_location();
-	libc.errno_location = errno_location;
+	main_thread.self = &main_thread;
 	main_thread.tid = main_thread.pid = 
 		__syscall(SYS_set_tid_address, &main_thread.tid);
+	libc.main_thread = &main_thread;
 	return 0;
 }