diff --git a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp
index 385b4e1c..f420b326 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ void PosixThread::createTask(void* (*fnc_)(void*), void* arg_) {
     if (status != 0) {
       utility::printUnixErrorGeneric(CLASS_NAME, "createTask", "pthread_attr_setschedpolicy");
     }
+    sched_param scheduleParams;
+    scheduleParams.sched_priority = priority;
+    status = pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attributes, &scheduleParams);
+    if (status != 0) {
+#if FSFW_CPP_OSTREAM_ENABLED == 1
+      sif::warning << "PosixThread: Setting priority failed" << std::endl;
+#endif
+    }
 #else
 #if FSFW_CPP_OSTREAM_ENABLED == 1
     sif::warning
@@ -195,14 +203,6 @@ void PosixThread::createTask(void* (*fnc_)(void*), void* arg_) {
 #endif
   }
 
-  sched_param scheduleParams;
-  scheduleParams.__sched_priority = priority;
-  status = pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attributes, &scheduleParams);
-  if (status != 0) {
-#if FSFW_CPP_OSTREAM_ENABLED == 1
-    sif::warning << "PosixThread: Setting priority failed" << std::endl;
-#endif
-  }
   // Set Signal Mask for suspend until startTask is called
   sigset_t waitSignal;
   sigemptyset(&waitSignal);