diff --git a/src/jthread/jsemaphore.h b/src/jthread/jsemaphore.h
index b74bbae..84e7aab 100644
--- a/src/jthread/jsemaphore.h
+++ b/src/jthread/jsemaphore.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class JSemaphore {
 #else
 	semaphore_t m_semaphore;
 #endif
-    int semcount = 0;
+    int semcount;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/jthread/pthread/jsemaphore.cpp b/src/jthread/pthread/jsemaphore.cpp
index e524805..93ec94e 100644
--- a/src/jthread/pthread/jsemaphore.cpp
+++ b/src/jthread/pthread/jsemaphore.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ int sem_timedwait_mach(semaphore_t* sem, long timeout_ms) {
 	int sem_init_retval = sem_init(&m_semaphore,0,0);
 	assert(sem_init_retval == 0);
 	UNUSED(sem_init_retval);
+	semcount = 0;
 }
 
 JSemaphore::~JSemaphore() {