diff --git a/devices/src/virtio/fs/passthrough.rs b/devices/src/virtio/fs/passthrough.rs
index cc581100a8..5d62bfe906 100644
--- a/devices/src/virtio/fs/passthrough.rs
+++ b/devices/src/virtio/fs/passthrough.rs
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ fn set_creds(
ScopedGid::new(gid, oldgid).and_then(|gid| Ok((ScopedUid::new(uid, olduid)?, gid)))
}
-thread_local!(static THREAD_FSCREATE: RefCell