diff --git a/libs/rs/rsContext.cpp b/libs/rs/rsContext.cpp
index 11d0bdce87848..40cb5c746e471 100644
--- a/libs/rs/rsContext.cpp
+++ b/libs/rs/rsContext.cpp
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ Context::~Context() {
     mWorkers.mRunningCount = (int)mWorkers.mCount;
     for (uint32_t ct = 0; ct < mWorkers.mCount; ct++) {
         mWorkers.mLaunchSignals[ct].set();
+    }
+    for (uint32_t ct = 0; ct < mWorkers.mCount; ct++) {
         int status = pthread_join(mWorkers.mThreadId[ct], &res);
     }
     rsAssert(!mWorkers.mRunningCount);