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diff --git a/hurd/msgportdemux.c b/hurd/msgportdemux.c
index 4250affd0b..7f61758cc3 100644
--- a/hurd/msgportdemux.c
+++ b/hurd/msgportdemux.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Demux messages sent on the signal port.
-   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1991,92,94,95,97,99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@ _hurd_msgport_receive (void)
 {
   /* Get our own sigstate cached so we never again have to take a lock to
      fetch it.  There is much code in hurdsig.c that operates with some
-     sigstate lock held, which will deadlock with _hurd_thread_sigstate.  */
-  (void) _hurd_self_sigstate ();
+     sigstate lock held, which will deadlock with _hurd_thread_sigstate.
+
+     Furthermore, in the cthreads case this is the convenient spot
+     to initialize _hurd_msgport_thread (see hurdsig.c:_hurdsig_init).  */
+
+  _hurd_msgport_thread = _hurd_self_sigstate ()->thread;
 
   while (1)
     (void) __mach_msg_server (msgport_server, __vm_page_size, _hurd_msgport);