diff --git a/src/Platform.c b/src/Platform.c
index 34f7d7d..f41ffde 100644
--- a/src/Platform.c
+++ b/src/Platform.c
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ struct thread_context {
 #endif
 };
 
-#ifdef __3DS__
-static int n3ds_thread_priority = 0x30;
-#endif
-
 static int activeThreads = 0;
 static int activeMutexes = 0;
 static int activeEvents = 0;
@@ -284,10 +280,12 @@ int PltCreateThread(const char* name, ThreadEntry entry, void* context, PLT_THRE
 #elif defined(__3DS__)
     {
         size_t stack_size = 0x40000;
+        s32 priority = 0x30;
+        svcGetThreadPriority(&priority, CUR_THREAD_HANDLE);
         thread->thread = threadCreate(ThreadProc,
                                     ctx,
                                     stack_size,
-                                    n3ds_thread_priority,
+                                    priority,
                                     -1,
                                     false);
         if (thread->thread == NULL) {
@@ -496,9 +494,6 @@ int initializePlatform(void) {
         return err;
     }
 
-#ifdef __3DS__
-    svcGetThreadPriority(&n3ds_thread_priority, CUR_THREAD_HANDLE);
-#endif
     enterLowLatencyMode();
 
     return 0;