diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
index 9d0d10760..73b07037b 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
@@ -330,8 +330,7 @@ unsigned int threadGetPriority(threadId id)
 
 unsigned int threadGetPrioritySelf(void)
 {
-    threadInfo *pthreadInfo = (threadInfo *)pthread_getspecific(getpthreadInfo);
-    return(pthreadInfo->osiPriority);
+    return(threadGetPriority(threadGetIdSelf()));
 }
 
 void threadSetPriority(threadId id,unsigned int priority)
diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/vxWorks/osdThread.c b/src/libCom/osi/os/vxWorks/osdThread.c
index 342ab78d8..cde537642 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/os/vxWorks/osdThread.c
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/os/vxWorks/osdThread.c
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ unsigned int threadGetPriority(threadId id)
     return(getOsiPriorityValue(priority));
 }
 
+unsigned int threadGetPrioritySelf(void)
+{
+    return(threadGetPriority(threadGetIdSelf()));
+}
+
 void threadSetPriority(threadId id,unsigned int osip)
 {
     int tid = (int)id;