diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 85e7599..1db706b 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -14004,8 +14004,8 @@
     __xmlGlobalInitMutexLock();
     if (xmlParserInitialized == 0) {
 #endif
-	xmlInitGlobals();
 	xmlInitThreads();
+	xmlInitGlobals();
 	if ((xmlGenericError == xmlGenericErrorDefaultFunc) ||
 	    (xmlGenericError == NULL))
 	    initGenericErrorDefaultFunc(NULL);
diff --git a/threads.c b/threads.c
index 98fd2c2..1eeac0e 100644
--- a/threads.c
+++ b/threads.c
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@
     /* Make sure the global init lock is initialized and then lock it. */
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
     /* The mutex is statically initialized, so we just lock it. */
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&global_init_lock);
+    if (pthread_mutex_lock)
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&global_init_lock);
 #elif defined HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
     LPCRITICAL_SECTION cs;
 
@@ -508,7 +509,8 @@
 __xmlGlobalInitMutexUnlock(void)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&global_init_lock);
+    if (pthread_mutex_unlock)
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&global_init_lock);
 #elif defined HAVE_WIN32_THREADS
     if (global_init_lock != NULL) {
 	LeaveCriticalSection(global_init_lock);