diff --git a/libc/src/threads/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/src/threads/linux/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e8b212612ef7..730314cefe521 100644
--- a/libc/src/threads/linux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/src/threads/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ add_entrypoint_object(
     libc.src.errno.__errno_location
     libc.src.sys.mman.mmap
   COMPILE_OPTIONS
+    -O3
     -fno-omit-frame-pointer # This allows us to sniff out the thread args from
                             # the new thread's stack reliably.
 )
diff --git a/libc/src/threads/linux/thrd_create.cpp b/libc/src/threads/linux/thrd_create.cpp
index 5a6bc114e2410..59d260da46dfd 100644
--- a/libc/src/threads/linux/thrd_create.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/threads/linux/thrd_create.cpp
@@ -82,13 +82,15 @@ LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(int, thrd_create,
   // but it might differ for other architectures. So, make this call
   // architecture independent. May be implement a glibc like wrapper for clone
   // and use it here.
-  long clone_result =
+  long register clone_result asm("rax");
+  clone_result =
       __llvm_libc::syscall(SYS_clone, clone_flags, adjusted_stack,
                            &thread->__tid, clear_tid_address, 0);
 
   if (clone_result == 0) {
     start_thread();
   } else if (clone_result < 0) {
+    __llvm_libc::munmap(thread->__stack, thread->__stack_size);
     int error_val = -clone_result;
     return error_val == ENOMEM ? thrd_nomem : thrd_error;
   }