1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/jogl/classes/jogamp/opengl/awt/AWTThreadingPlugin.java b/src/jogl/classes/jogamp/opengl/awt/AWTThreadingPlugin.java
index a681c5b8f..dd493f5ee 100644
--- a/src/jogl/classes/jogamp/opengl/awt/AWTThreadingPlugin.java
+++ b/src/jogl/classes/jogamp/opengl/awt/AWTThreadingPlugin.java
@@ -103,13 +103,7 @@ public class AWTThreadingPlugin implements ThreadingPlugin {
         break;
 
       case ThreadingImpl.WORKER:
-        if (!GLWorkerThread.isStarted()) {
-          synchronized (GLWorkerThread.class) {
-            if (!GLWorkerThread.isStarted()) {
-              GLWorkerThread.start();
-            }
-          }
-        }
+        GLWorkerThread.start(); // singleton start via volatile-dbl-checked-locking
         try {
           GLWorkerThread.invokeAndWait(r);
         } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {