diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
index 54918e7677..f30dc6e752 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
@@ -302,6 +302,13 @@ cygthread::terminate_thread ()
   if (!inuse)
     goto force_notterminated;
 
+  if (_my_tls._ctinfo != this)
+    {
+      CONTEXT context;
+      SuspendThread(h);
+      GetThreadContext(h, &context);
+    }
+
   TerminateThread (h, 0);
   WaitForSingleObject (h, INFINITE);
   CloseHandle (h);