1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/py/qstr.c b/py/qstr.c
index 39eb696c78..079b2a8e7e 100644
--- a/py/qstr.c
+++ b/py/qstr.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     #error unimplemented qstr length decoding
 #endif
 
-#if MICROPY_PY_THREAD
+#if MICROPY_PY_THREAD && !MICROPY_PY_THREAD_GIL
 #define QSTR_ENTER() mp_thread_mutex_lock(&MP_STATE_VM(qstr_mutex), 1)
 #define QSTR_EXIT() mp_thread_mutex_unlock(&MP_STATE_VM(qstr_mutex))
 #else