diff --git a/Parser/intrcheck.c b/Parser/intrcheck.c
index 1c888a598e9d03..5844a9a85e16c5 100644
--- a/Parser/intrcheck.c
+++ b/Parser/intrcheck.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void
 PyOS_AfterFork(void)
 {
 #ifdef WITH_THREAD
-    PyEval_ReInitThreads();
     PyThread_ReInitTLS();
+    PyEval_ReInitThreads();
 #endif
 }