2 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp
index 16d3a6cb4..f9828bc43 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp
@@ -283,15 +283,16 @@ struct KernelCore::Impl {
 
     // Gets the dummy KThread for the caller, allocating a new one if this is the first time
     KThread* GetHostDummyThread() {
-        auto make_thread = [this]() {
-            KThread* thread = KThread::Create(system.Kernel());
+        auto initialize = [this](KThread* thread) {
             ASSERT(KThread::InitializeDummyThread(thread).IsSuccess());
             thread->SetName(fmt::format("DummyThread:{}", GetHostThreadId()));
             return thread;
         };
 
-        thread_local KThread* saved_thread = make_thread();
-        return saved_thread;
+        thread_local auto raw_thread = KThread(system.Kernel());
+        thread_local auto thread = initialize(&raw_thread);
+
+        return thread;
     }
 
     /// Registers a CPU core thread by allocating a host thread ID for it
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/service_thread.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/service_thread.cpp
index 4eb3a5988..52d25b837 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/service_thread.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/service_thread.cpp
@@ -49,12 +49,9 @@ ServiceThread::Impl::Impl(KernelCore& kernel, std::size_t num_threads, const std
                 return;
             }
 
+            // Allocate a dummy guest thread for this host thread.
             kernel.RegisterHostThread();
 
-            // Ensure the dummy thread allocated for this host thread is closed on exit.
-            auto* dummy_thread = kernel.GetCurrentEmuThread();
-            SCOPE_EXIT({ dummy_thread->Close(); });
-
             while (true) {
                 std::function<void()> task;