@@ -1045,22 +1045,26 @@
 					x++;
 				], [
 					AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 					AC_DEFINE(OF_HAVE__THREAD_LOCAL, 1,
 						[Whether _Thread_local works])
+					have_thread_local="yes"
 				], [
 					AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 				])
 				OBJCFLAGS="$old_OBJCFLAGS"
 			], [
 				AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 				AC_DEFINE(OF_HAVE__THREAD_LOCAL, 1,
 					[Whether _Thread_local works])
+				have_thread_local="yes"
 			])
 		], [
 			AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+		])
 
+		AS_IF([test x"$have_thread_local" != x"yes"], [
 			AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether __thread works)
 			AC_TRY_LINK([
 				/* It seems __thread is buggy with GCC 4.1 */
 				#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 2
 				# error buggy