diff --git a/src/c/threads/queue.d b/src/c/threads/queue.d
index 2c41e4d2f..fcd815a62 100755
--- a/src/c/threads/queue.d
+++ b/src/c/threads/queue.d
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ ecl_wakeup_waiters(cl_env_ptr the_env, cl_object q, int flags)
     }
   }
   ecl_giveup_spinlock(&q->queue.spinlock);
+  ecl_enable_interrupts_env(the_env);
   ecl_process_yield();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/c/unixfsys.d b/src/c/unixfsys.d
index 1f09835fe..731eb9c2d 100644
--- a/src/c/unixfsys.d
+++ b/src/c/unixfsys.d
@@ -834,8 +834,8 @@ list_directory(cl_object base_dir, cl_object text_mask, cl_object pathname_mask,
 # endif /* !ECL_MS_WINDOWS_HOST */
 #endif /* !HAVE_DIRENT_H */
 
-  ecl_enable_interrupts();
  OUTPUT:
+  ecl_enable_interrupts();
   return cl_nreverse(out);
 }