diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 96b4d21034..227b770a54 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4669,7 +4669,7 @@ int main(argc, argv)
 
 	/* make sure pthread_create() isn't just a stub */
 #if HAVE_PTHREADS_D4
-	status = pthread_create(&t, pthread_attr_default, task, NULL));
+	status = pthread_create(&t, pthread_attr_default, task, NULL);
 #else
 	status = pthread_create(&t, NULL, task, NULL);
 #endif
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fae97f0a39..0486db1c07 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ int main(argc, argv)
 
 	/* make sure pthread_create() isn't just a stub */
 #if HAVE_PTHREADS_D4
-	status = pthread_create(&t, pthread_attr_default, task, NULL));
+	status = pthread_create(&t, pthread_attr_default, task, NULL);
 #else
 	status = pthread_create(&t, NULL, task, NULL);
 #endif