diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index be866048be..a727d9b632 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-Fri Aug 30 22:37:40 2013  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Fri Aug 30 22:37:49 2013  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* thread_pthread.c (native_thread_create): define attr only if it is
+	  used, and merge pthread_create() calls.
 
 	* thread_pthread.c (get_main_stack): separate function to get stack of
 	  main thread.
diff --git a/thread_pthread.c b/thread_pthread.c
index 19b3fb790f..c08ad02ffc 100644
--- a/thread_pthread.c
+++ b/thread_pthread.c
@@ -901,7 +901,12 @@ native_thread_create(rb_thread_t *th)
 	thread_debug("create (use cached thread): %p\n", (void *)th);
     }
     else {
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_INIT
 	pthread_attr_t attr;
+	pthread_attr_t *const attrp = &attr;
+#else
+	pthread_attr_t *const attrp = NULL;
+#endif
 	const size_t stack_size = th->vm->default_params.thread_machine_stack_size;
 	const size_t space = space_size(stack_size);
 
@@ -923,11 +928,8 @@ native_thread_create(rb_thread_t *th)
 	CHECK_ERR(pthread_attr_setinheritsched(&attr, PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED));
 # endif
 	CHECK_ERR(pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED));
-
-	err = pthread_create(&th->thread_id, &attr, thread_start_func_1, th);
-#else
-	err = pthread_create(&th->thread_id, NULL, thread_start_func_1, th);
 #endif
+	err = pthread_create(&th->thread_id, attrp, thread_start_func_1, th);
 	thread_debug("create: %p (%d)\n", (void *)th, err);
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_INIT
 	CHECK_ERR(pthread_attr_destroy(&attr));