From 81350e95ddcbb3c97fa7ba9ce87cd6d567079733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ondrej Novak <ondrej.novak@ozobot.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 13:40:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: crash when deinitializing unused timers on unix

---
 micropy_updates/unix/machine_timer.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/micropy_updates/unix/machine_timer.c b/micropy_updates/unix/machine_timer.c
index 4aee543c..2deca98f 100644
--- a/micropy_updates/unix/machine_timer.c
+++ b/micropy_updates/unix/machine_timer.c
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ void machine_timer_deinit_all(void)
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&timer_lock);
 
     timer_polling = false;
-    pthread_join(timer_poll_thread_id, NULL);
+    if (timer_poll_thread_id != 0) {
+        pthread_join(timer_poll_thread_id, NULL);
+    }
     pthread_mutex_destroy(&timer_lock);
 
     timer = NULL;