diff --git a/nptl/ChangeLog b/nptl/ChangeLog
index 80b99759ca..5a392effdb 100644
--- a/nptl/ChangeLog
+++ b/nptl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-07-03  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+	* tst-abstime.c (do_test): Some more cleanups
+
 2010-07-02  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
 	* tst-abstime.c: Correct testing and add test for sem_timedwait.
diff --git a/nptl/tst-abstime.c b/nptl/tst-abstime.c
index eb8e8aceb8..50f35d539d 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-abstime.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-abstime.c
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ do_test (void)
   pthread_rwlock_wrlock (&rw1);
   pthread_rwlock_rdlock (&rw2);
   pthread_mutex_lock (&m2);
-  pthread_create (&pth, 0, th, 0);
+  if (pthread_create (&pth, 0, th, 0) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("cannot create thread");
+      return 1;
+    }
   r = pthread_cond_timedwait (&c, &m2, &t);
   if (r != ETIMEDOUT)
     {