diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdSignal.c b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdSignal.c
index 2bcf2ec5c..e2e140705 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdSignal.c
+++ b/src/libCom/osi/os/posix/osdSignal.c
@@ -117,10 +117,11 @@ epicsShareFunc void epicsShareAPI epicsSignalRaiseSigUrg
                                         ( struct epicsThreadOSD * threadId ) 
 {
     int status;
-    status = pthread_kill ( SIGURG, epicsThreadGetPosixThreadIdSelf ( threadId ) );
+    pthread_t id = epicsThreadGetPosixThreadIdSelf ( threadId );
+    status = pthread_kill ( SIGURG, id );
     if ( status ) {
-        errlogPrintf ( "failed to send signal to another thread because - errno=\"%s\"\n", 
-            strerror ( errno ) );
+        errlogPrintf ( "Failed to send signal to thread. Status = \"%s\"\n", 
+            strerror ( status ) );
     }
 }