diff --git a/src/switch_scheduler.c b/src/switch_scheduler.c
index b7b9ea8f7e..4a4e006886 100644
--- a/src/switch_scheduler.c
+++ b/src/switch_scheduler.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_scheduler_task_thread_start(void)
 	switch_mutex_init(&globals.task_mutex, SWITCH_MUTEX_NESTED, globals.memory_pool);
 
 	switch_threadattr_detach_set(thd_attr, 1);
-	switch_thread_create(task_thread_p, thd_attr, switch_scheduler_task_thread, NULL, globals.memory_pool);
+	switch_thread_create(&task_thread_p, thd_attr, switch_scheduler_task_thread, NULL, globals.memory_pool);
 }
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_scheduler_task_thread_stop(void)