diff --git a/runtime/thread_list.cc b/runtime/thread_list.cc
index 60c9b5e..62d1e84 100644
--- a/runtime/thread_list.cc
+++ b/runtime/thread_list.cc
@@ -1228,7 +1228,11 @@
 
   // Clear the TLS data, so that the underlying native thread is recognizably detached.
   // (It may wish to reattach later.)
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+  __get_tls()[TLS_SLOT_ART_THREAD_SELF] = nullptr;
+#else
   CHECK_PTHREAD_CALL(pthread_setspecific, (Thread::pthread_key_self_, nullptr), "detach self");
+#endif
 
   // Signal that a thread just detached.
   MutexLock mu(nullptr, *Locks::thread_list_lock_);