diff --git a/src/tor/TorManager.cpp b/src/tor/TorManager.cpp
index bfc5a6aee..c3707b2c3 100644
--- a/src/tor/TorManager.cpp
+++ b/src/tor/TorManager.cpp
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ void RsTor::setHiddenServiceDirectory(const std::string& dir)
 
 TorManager *RsTor::instance()
 {
-#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
     assert(getpid() == syscall(SYS_gettid));// make sure we're not in a thread
 #endif