diff --git a/freebsd/sys/pcpu.h b/freebsd/sys/pcpu.h
index 8c93f2a8..ce84f15a 100644
--- a/freebsd/sys/pcpu.h
+++ b/freebsd/sys/pcpu.h
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ SLIST_HEAD(cpuhead, pcpu);
 extern struct cpuhead cpuhead;
 extern struct pcpu *cpuid_to_pcpu[MAXCPU];
 
+#ifdef __rtems__
+struct thread *rtems_get_curthread(void);
+#define	curthread	rtems_get_curthread()
+#endif
+
 #define	curcpu		PCPU_GET(cpuid)
 #define	curproc		(curthread->td_proc)
 #ifndef curthread
diff --git a/rtemsbsd/src/rtems-bsd-syscalls.c b/rtemsbsd/src/rtems-bsd-syscalls.c
index aad2e92d..eb00ef5e 100644
--- a/rtemsbsd/src/rtems-bsd-syscalls.c
+++ b/rtemsbsd/src/rtems-bsd-syscalls.c
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ socket (int domain, int type, int protocol)
 	int fd, error;
 
 	td = curthread;
+        if (!td) { 
+          printf("Current thread NULL\n");
+          exit(0);
+        }
 #ifdef MAC
 	error = mac_socket_check_create(td->td_ucred, domain, type, protocol);
 	if (error == 0 )