diff --git a/test/queue_test.c b/test/queue_test.c
index 18b7df6..fa108cd 100644
--- a/test/queue_test.c
+++ b/test/queue_test.c
@@ -120,16 +120,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     ut_testing("Threaded queue (%d pull-workers, %d items pushed to the queue from the main thread)",
               num_parallel_threads, num_queued_items);
 
+    for (i = 0; i < num_parallel_threads; i++) {
+        pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, queue_worker, &arg);
+    }
+
     for (i = 0; i < num_queued_items; i++) {
         char *val = malloc(21);
         sprintf(val, "%d", i);
         queue_push_right(arg.queue, val);
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < num_parallel_threads; i++) {
-        pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, queue_worker, &arg);
-    }
-
     while(queue_count(arg.queue))
         usleep(500);
 
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         pthread_join(threads[i], NULL);
     }
 
-
     ut_result(arg.count == num_queued_items, "Handled items should have been %d (was %d)", num_queued_items, arg.count);
 
     queue_destroy(arg.queue);
@@ -152,16 +151,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     ut_testing("Threaded queue reverse (%d pull-workers, %d items pushed to the queue from the main thread)",
               num_parallel_threads, num_queued_items);
 
+    for (i = 0; i < num_parallel_threads; i++) {
+        pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, queue_worker, &arg);
+    }
+
     for (i = 0; i < num_queued_items; i++) {
         char *val = malloc(21);
         sprintf(val, "%d", i);
         queue_push_left(arg.queue, val);
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < num_parallel_threads; i++) {
-        pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, queue_worker, &arg);
-    }
-
     while(queue_count(arg.queue))
         usleep(500);