diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi.py b/Lib/test/test_capi.py
index ba7c38d..36c62376 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi.py
@@ -202,15 +202,11 @@
         context.lock = threading.Lock()
         context.event = threading.Event()
 
-        for i in range(context.nThreads):
-            t = threading.Thread(target=self.pendingcalls_thread, args = (context,))
-            t.start()
-            threads.append(t)
-
-        self.pendingcalls_wait(context.l, n, context)
-
-        for t in threads:
-            t.join()
+        threads = [threading.Thread(target=self.pendingcalls_thread,
+                                    args=(context,))
+                   for i in range(context.nThreads)]
+        with support.start_threads(threads):
+            self.pendingcalls_wait(context.l, n, context)
 
     def pendingcalls_thread(self, context):
         try: