Index: src/OFThread.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFThread.m
+++ src/OFThread.m
@@ -95,17 +95,24 @@
 
 static void
 callMain(id object)
 {
 	OFThread *thread = (OFThread *)object;
+	OFString *name;
 
 	if (!of_tlskey_set(threadSelfKey, thread))
 		@throw [OFInitializationFailedException
 		    exceptionWithClass: [thread class]];
 
 	thread->_pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 
+	name = [thread name];
+	if (name != nil)
+		of_thread_set_name([name UTF8String]);
+	else
+		of_thread_set_name(object_getClassName(thread));
+
 	/*
 	 * Nasty workaround for thread implementations which can't return a
 	 * pointer on join.
 	 */
 # ifdef OF_HAVE_BLOCKS
@@ -348,15 +355,10 @@
 
 	if (!of_thread_new(&_thread, callMain, self, &_attr)) {
 		[self release];
 		@throw [OFThreadStartFailedException exceptionWithThread: self];
 	}
-
-	if (_name != nil)
-		of_thread_set_name([_name UTF8String]);
-	else
-		of_thread_set_name(class_getName([self class]));
 }
 
 - (id)join
 {
 	if (_running == OF_THREAD_NOT_RUNNING || !of_thread_join(_thread))