diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
index 3f2654e2b..1b69a022b 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ enum {
 #endif
 
 /* set up thread local storage if available */
-#ifdef HAVE_THREAD_LS
+#if defined(HAVE_THREAD_LS) && !defined(NO_THREAD_LS)
     #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__WATCOMC__)
         #define THREAD_LS_T __declspec(thread)
     /* Thread local storage only in FreeRTOS v8.2.1 and higher */