diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
index 5a1d05c139c..0a092883fd4 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
@@ -769,7 +769,8 @@ bool os::create_thread(Thread* thread, ThreadType thr_type,
 
   // Init thread attributes.
   pthread_attr_t attr;
-  pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+  int rslt = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+  guarantee(rslt == 0, "pthread_attr_init has to return 0");
   guarantee(pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED) == 0, "???");
 
   // Make sure we run in 1:1 kernel-user-thread mode.
@@ -803,6 +804,7 @@ bool os::create_thread(Thread* thread, ThreadType thr_type,
                             stack_size / K);
     thread->set_osthread(nullptr);
     delete osthread;
+    pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
index afaa5d9778b..40a576c09ae 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
@@ -911,7 +911,12 @@ bool os::create_thread(Thread* thread, ThreadType thr_type,
 
   // init thread attributes
   pthread_attr_t attr;
-  pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+  int rslt = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+  if (rslt != 0) {
+    thread->set_osthread(nullptr);
+    delete osthread;
+    return false;
+  }
   pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
 
   // Calculate stack size if it's not specified by caller.
@@ -960,6 +965,7 @@ bool os::create_thread(Thread* thread, ThreadType thr_type,
                             stack_size / K);
     thread->set_osthread(nullptr);
     delete osthread;
+    pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/java.desktop/macosx/native/libsplashscreen/splashscreen_sys.m b/src/java.desktop/macosx/native/libsplashscreen/splashscreen_sys.m
index 33e850dbb38..66e0c362318 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/macosx/native/libsplashscreen/splashscreen_sys.m
+++ b/src/java.desktop/macosx/native/libsplashscreen/splashscreen_sys.m
@@ -273,8 +273,10 @@ SplashCreateThread(Splash * splash) {
     pthread_attr_t attr;
     int rc;
 
-    pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+    int rslt = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+    if (rslt != 0) return;
     rc = pthread_create(&thr, &attr, SplashScreenThread, (void *) splash);
+    pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libsplashscreen/splashscreen_sys.c b/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libsplashscreen/splashscreen_sys.c
index e426ab69c94..c532f1658cb 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libsplashscreen/splashscreen_sys.c
+++ b/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libsplashscreen/splashscreen_sys.c
@@ -773,8 +773,10 @@ SplashCreateThread(Splash * splash) {
     pthread_attr_t attr;
     int rc;
 
-    pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+    int rslt = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+    if (rslt != 0) return;
     rc = pthread_create(&thr, &attr, SplashScreenThread, (void *) splash);
+    pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
 }
 
 void