diff --git a/src/common/Thread.cpp b/src/common/Thread.cpp
index 93e9cc96..3dfcad36 100644
--- a/src/common/Thread.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Thread.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ bool Thread::runAsThread(void* obj, void *(*startRoutine)(void *), thread_t* thr
 #else
     if (::pthread_create(&thread->thread, NULL, startRoutine, thread) != 0) {
         LogError(LOG_NET, "Error returned from pthread_create, err: %d", errno);
-        delete thread;
         return false;
     }
 #endif // defined(_WIN32)
diff --git a/src/common/Thread.h b/src/common/Thread.h
index 03ed8a3e..e101f445 100644
--- a/src/common/Thread.h
+++ b/src/common/Thread.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * @brief Executes the specified start routine to run as a thread.
+     *  On POSIX, if the thread fails to spawn for any reason, the caller should clean up the passed thread_t
+     *  argument.
      * @param obj Instance of a object to pass to the threaded function.
      * @param startRoutine Represents the function that executes on a thread.
      * @param[out] thread Instance of the thread data.