diff --git a/usrsctplib/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c b/usrsctplib/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
index 5e5436048..278b8ab92 100755
--- a/usrsctplib/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
+++ b/usrsctplib/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ sctp_init(void)
 	SCTP_BASE_VAR(timer_thread_started) = 0;
 #endif
 #if defined(__Userspace__)
-	sctp_pcb_init(start_threads);
+	sctp_pcb_init(start_threads == 1);
 	if (start_threads) {
 		sctp_start_timer_thread();
 	}
diff --git a/usrsctplib/user_socket.c b/usrsctplib/user_socket.c
index 7aeb7337e..18b837600 100755
--- a/usrsctplib/user_socket.c
+++ b/usrsctplib/user_socket.c
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ usrsctp_init(uint16_t port,
 }
 
 
+void
+usrsctp_init_noudpthread(uint16_t port,
+		       int (*conn_output)(void *addr, void *buffer, size_t length, uint8_t tos, uint8_t set_df),
+		       void (*debug_printf)(const char *format, ...))
+{
+	init_sync();
+	sctp_init(port, conn_output, debug_printf, 2);
+}
+
+
 void
 usrsctp_init_nothreads(uint16_t port,
 		       int (*conn_output)(void *addr, void *buffer, size_t length, uint8_t tos, uint8_t set_df),
diff --git a/usrsctplib/usrsctp.h b/usrsctplib/usrsctp.h
index b7192904e..22f277887 100644
--- a/usrsctplib/usrsctp.h
+++ b/usrsctplib/usrsctp.h
@@ -895,6 +895,11 @@ usrsctp_init(uint16_t,
              int (*)(void *addr, void *buffer, size_t length, uint8_t tos, uint8_t set_df),
              void (*)(const char *format, ...));
 
+void
+usrsctp_init_noudpthread(uint16_t,
+		       int (*)(void *addr, void *buffer, size_t length, uint8_t tos, uint8_t set_df),
+		       void (*)(const char *format, ...));
+
 void
 usrsctp_init_nothreads(uint16_t,
 		       int (*)(void *addr, void *buffer, size_t length, uint8_t tos, uint8_t set_df),