diff --git a/include/libcds.h b/include/libcds.h
index 7d4af9084..ac051ca00 100644
--- a/include/libcds.h
+++ b/include/libcds.h
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ namespace _cdslib
 	void thread_deinit();
 
 	static NiftyCounter<init, deinit> _counter;
-	static NiftyCounterTL<thread_init, thread_deinit> _thread_counter;
+	static thread_local NiftyCounterTL<_cdslib::thread_init, _cdslib::thread_deinit> _thread_counter;
 }
+
+#define CDS_THREAD_GUARD() (void)_cdslib::_thread_counter;
diff --git a/src/core/MemoryPool.cpp b/src/core/MemoryPool.cpp
index 62dfad078..fce0c14df 100644
--- a/src/core/MemoryPool.cpp
+++ b/src/core/MemoryPool.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public:
 		, m_numElms(nmemb)
 		, m_freelist(nmemb)
 	{
+		CDS_THREAD_GUARD();
+
 		m_buffer = new char[m_elementSize * m_numElms];
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < m_numElms; i++) {
 			m_freelist.push(m_buffer + (i * m_elementSize));
diff --git a/src/core/libcds.cpp b/src/core/libcds.cpp
index ef7ac3a88..eb97a1616 100644
--- a/src/core/libcds.cpp
+++ b/src/core/libcds.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "libcds.h"
 
 #include <cds/init.h>
-#include <cds/gc/hp.h>
 
 #include <memory>
 #include "stdshims.h"
@@ -9,28 +8,28 @@
 namespace _cdslib
 {
 
-static std::unique_ptr<cds::gc::HP> hpGC;
-
 void init()
 {
 	cds::Initialize();
-	hpGC = make_unique<cds::gc::HP>();
 }
 
 void deinit()
 {
-	hpGC.reset();
 	cds::Terminate();
 }
 
 void thread_init()
 {
-	cds::threading::Manager::attachThread();
+	if (! cds::threading::Manager::isThreadAttached()) {
+		cds::threading::Manager::attachThread();
+	}
 }
 
 void thread_deinit()
 {
-	cds::threading::Manager::detachThread();
+	if (cds::threading::Manager::isThreadAttached()) {
+		cds::threading::Manager::detachThread();
+	}
 }
 
 }