diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 40b8b7ce6b..477dc2398c 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-09-08	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+	* score/src/threadinitialize.c: _Stack_Ensure_minimum was being called
+	here and in _Thread_Stack_Allocate.
+
 2008-09-08	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* libcsupport/include/rtems/libio_.h, libcsupport/src/libio_sockets.c,
diff --git a/cpukit/score/src/threadinitialize.c b/cpukit/score/src/threadinitialize.c
index b86a2f9006..596fe365a0 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/src/threadinitialize.c
+++ b/cpukit/score/src/threadinitialize.c
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ bool _Thread_Initialize(
 
   if ( !stack_area ) {
 
-    actual_stack_size = _Stack_Ensure_minimum( stack_size );
-
-    actual_stack_size = _Thread_Stack_Allocate( the_thread, actual_stack_size );
+    actual_stack_size = _Thread_Stack_Allocate( the_thread, stack_size );
 
     if ( !actual_stack_size || actual_stack_size < stack_size )
       return FALSE;                     /* stack allocation failed */