diff --git a/src/jemalloc.c b/src/jemalloc.c
index 0014a34a..972f4546 100644
--- a/src/jemalloc.c
+++ b/src/jemalloc.c
@@ -695,17 +695,6 @@ malloc_init_hard(void)
 
 	malloc_conf_init();
 
-#if (!defined(JEMALLOC_MUTEX_INIT_CB) && !defined(JEMALLOC_ZONE) \
-    && !defined(_WIN32))
-	/* Register fork handlers. */
-	if (pthread_atfork(jemalloc_prefork, jemalloc_postfork_parent,
-	    jemalloc_postfork_child) != 0) {
-		malloc_write("<jemalloc>: Error in pthread_atfork()\n");
-		if (opt_abort)
-			abort();
-	}
-#endif
-
 	if (opt_stats_print) {
 		/* Print statistics at exit. */
 		if (atexit(stats_print_atexit) != 0) {
@@ -794,9 +783,25 @@ malloc_init_hard(void)
 		return (true);
 	}
 
-	/* Get number of CPUs. */
 	malloc_mutex_unlock(&init_lock);
+	/**********************************************************************/
+	/* Recursive allocation may follow. */
+
 	ncpus = malloc_ncpus();
+
+#if (!defined(JEMALLOC_MUTEX_INIT_CB) && !defined(JEMALLOC_ZONE) \
+    && !defined(_WIN32))
+	/* LinuxThreads's pthread_atfork() allocates. */
+	if (pthread_atfork(jemalloc_prefork, jemalloc_postfork_parent,
+	    jemalloc_postfork_child) != 0) {
+		malloc_write("<jemalloc>: Error in pthread_atfork()\n");
+		if (opt_abort)
+			abort();
+	}
+#endif
+
+	/* Done recursively allocating. */
+	/**********************************************************************/
 	malloc_mutex_lock(&init_lock);
 
 	if (mutex_boot()) {
@@ -843,6 +848,7 @@ malloc_init_hard(void)
 
 	malloc_initialized = true;
 	malloc_mutex_unlock(&init_lock);
+
 	return (false);
 }