if (acquired) {
 
                /* Got the lock, now wake all threads waiting for it */
-
                acpi_gbl_global_lock_acquired = TRUE;
-
-               /* Run the Global Lock thread which will signal all waiting threads */
-
-               status =
-                   acpi_os_execute(OSL_GLOBAL_LOCK_HANDLER,
-                                   acpi_ev_global_lock_thread, context);
-               if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-                       ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status,
-                                       "Could not queue Global Lock thread"));
-
-                       return (ACPI_INTERRUPT_NOT_HANDLED);
-               }
+               acpi_ev_global_lock_thread(context);
        }
 
        return (ACPI_INTERRUPT_HANDLED);