diff --git a/src/H5private.h b/src/H5private.h
index 39728dd6e29..9c89cd743ba 100644
--- a/src/H5private.h
+++ b/src/H5private.h
@@ -2009,6 +2009,7 @@ H5_DLL herr_t H5CX_pop(hbool_t update_dxpl_props);
     H5_POP_FUNC                                                                                              \
     if (err_occurred)                                                                                        \
         (void)H5E_dump_api_stack(TRUE);                                                                      \
+    FUNC_LEAVE_API_THREADSAFE                                                                                \
     return (ret_value);                                                                                      \
     }                                                                                                        \
     }                                                                                                        \