diff --git a/lib/libthr/thread/thr_condattr.c b/lib/libthr/thread/thr_condattr.c
index c8f17033429..f2b126fe0f1 100644
--- a/lib/libthr/thread/thr_condattr.c
+++ b/lib/libthr/thread/thr_condattr.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ _pthread_condattr_getpshared(const pthread_condattr_t *attr,
 	if (attr == NULL || *attr == NULL)
 		return (EINVAL);
 
-	pshared = PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE;
+	*pshared = PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE;
 	return (0);
 }