diff --git a/miniaudio.h b/miniaudio.h
index 1f4822c5..70040735 100644
--- a/miniaudio.h
+++ b/miniaudio.h
@@ -16158,8 +16158,10 @@ static ma_result ma_thread_create__posix(ma_thread* pThread, ma_thread_priority
                     }
                 }
 
-                /* I'm not treating a failure of setting the priority as a critical error so not checking the return value here. */
-                pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr, &sched);
+                /* I'm not treating a failure of setting the priority as a critical error so not aborting on failure here. */
+                if (pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr, &sched) == 0) {
+                    pthread_attr_setinheritsched(&attr, PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED);
+                }
             }
         }
     }