diff --git a/config/opal_config_pthreads.m4 b/config/opal_config_pthreads.m4
index 3cdee6d380..b2d9c7aaec 100644
--- a/config/opal_config_pthreads.m4
+++ b/config/opal_config_pthreads.m4
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
 dnl                         All rights reserved.
 dnl Copyright (c) 2012      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 dnl Copyright (c) 2014      Intel, Inc. All rights reserved.
-dnl Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Research Organization for Information Science
+dnl Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Research Organization for Information Science
 dnl                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
 dnl $COPYRIGHT$
 dnl
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void pthreadtest_f(void)
     pthread_attr_init(&attr);
     pthread_cleanup_push(cleanup_routine, 0);
     pthread_create(&newthread, &attr, thread_main, 0);
-    pthread_join(&newthread, 0);
+    pthread_join(newthread, 0);
     pthread_cleanup_pop(0);
 }