diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 778debdcc5a2..6d0ac0936c94 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b55fa18817743c3c4aef14f0c6fc0e21d7bc1e62
+refs/heads/master: ee3f615819404a9438b2dd01b7a39f276d2737f2
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/common/pl330.c b/trunk/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
index 97912fa48782..7129cfbdacd6 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ int pl330_chan_ctrl(void *ch_id, enum pl330_chan_op op)
 
 		/* Start the next */
 	case PL330_OP_START:
-		if (!_start(thrd))
+		if (!_thrd_active(thrd) && !_start(thrd))
 			ret = -EIO;
 		break;