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diff --git a/libguile/threads.c b/libguile/threads.c
index a26e344c8..02e6948b2 100644
--- a/libguile/threads.c
+++ b/libguile/threads.c
@@ -512,6 +512,17 @@ on_thread_exit (void *v)
/* Unblocking the joining threads needs to happen in guile mode
since the queue is a SCM data structure. */
+
+ /* Note: `scm_with_guile ()' invokes `GC_local_malloc ()', which accesses
+ thread-local storage (TLS). If said storage is accessed using
+ `pthread_getspecific ()', then it may be inaccessible at this point,
+ having been destroyed earlier, since the invocation order of destructors
+ associated with pthread keys is unspecified:
+
+ http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/pthread_key_create.html
+
+ Thus, `libgc' *must* be compiled with `USE_COMPILER_TLS' for this code
+ to work. */
scm_with_guile (do_thread_exit, v);
/* Removing ourself from the list of all threads needs to happen in