diff --git a/runloop_data.c b/runloop_data.c
index 26f288d3f4..f3f3cb0896 100644
--- a/runloop_data.c
+++ b/runloop_data.c
@@ -935,14 +935,12 @@ static void rarch_main_data_thread_init(void)
 {
    data_runloop_t *data_runloop  = (data_runloop_t*)rarch_main_data_get_ptr();
 
-   if ((data_runloop->thread = sthread_create(data_thread_loop, data_runloop)))
-   {
-      data_runloop->lock         = slock_new();
-      data_runloop->cond_lock    = slock_new();
-      data_runloop->overlay_lock = slock_new();
-      data_runloop->cond         = scond_new();
-   }
-   else
+   data_runloop->lock         = slock_new();
+   data_runloop->cond_lock    = slock_new();
+   data_runloop->overlay_lock = slock_new();
+   data_runloop->cond         = scond_new();
+
+   if (!(data_runloop->thread = sthread_create(data_thread_loop, data_runloop)))
       data_runloop->thread       = NULL;
 
    data_runloop->thread_inited   = (data_runloop->thread != NULL);