diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/DarwinThreadHelpers.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/DarwinThreadHelpers.cpp
index 88cba7823c..cb04665cf9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/DarwinThreadHelpers.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Darwin/DarwinThreadHelpers.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ bool GetThreadBacktraceContext(uint64_t iID, BacktraceContext *ctx)
 	/* Can't GetThreadBacktraceContext the current thread. */
 	ASSERT(iID != GetCurrentThreadId());
 
+	SuspendThread( iID );
+
 	thread_act_t thread = thread_act_t(iID);
 	ppc_thread_state state;
 	mach_msg_type_number_t count = PPC_THREAD_STATE_COUNT;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp
index 9817cdeefe..de29f9d6bf 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp
@@ -364,9 +364,6 @@ void ForceCrashHandler( const char *reason )
 
 void ForceCrashHandlerDeadlock( CString reason, uint64_t iID )
 {
-#if defined(DARWIN)
-	SuspendThread(iID);
-#endif
 	CrashData crash;
 	memset( &crash, 0, sizeof(crash) );