diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/WorkManager.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/WorkManager.cs
index d1a74ce70a..a7a03a0c13 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/WorkManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/WorkManager.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
             Thread thread = new Thread(start);
             thread.Priority = priority;
             thread.IsBackground = isBackground;
-
+            thread.Name = name;
+            
             Watchdog.ThreadWatchdogInfo twi
                 = new Watchdog.ThreadWatchdogInfo(thread, timeout, name)
             { AlarmIfTimeout = alarmIfTimeout, AlarmMethod = alarmMethod };
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
             Watchdog.AddThread(twi, name, log:log);
 
             thread.Start();
-            thread.Name = name;
+
 
             return thread;
         }
diff --git a/ThirdParty/SmartThreadPool/SmartThreadPool.cs b/ThirdParty/SmartThreadPool/SmartThreadPool.cs
index 615518ecf1..9043d3a1bb 100644
--- a/ThirdParty/SmartThreadPool/SmartThreadPool.cs
+++ b/ThirdParty/SmartThreadPool/SmartThreadPool.cs
@@ -689,9 +689,10 @@ namespace Amib.Threading
 #if !(_SILVERLIGHT) && !(WINDOWS_PHONE)
                     workerThread.Priority = _stpStartInfo.ThreadPriority;
 #endif
-                    workerThread.Start();
                     workerThread.Name = string.Format("STP:{0}:{1}", Name, _threadCounter);
-					++_threadCounter;
+                    workerThread.Start();
+
+                    ++_threadCounter;
 
                     // Add it to the dictionary and update its creation time.
                     _workerThreads[workerThread] = new ThreadEntry(this);