diff --git a/include/monitor/monitor.h b/include/monitor/monitor.h
index d6ab70cae2..2ef5e04b37 100644
--- a/include/monitor/monitor.h
+++ b/include/monitor/monitor.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-misc.h"
 #include "qemu/readline.h"
 
-extern Monitor *cur_mon;
+extern __thread Monitor *cur_mon;
 
 /* flags for monitor_init */
 /* 0x01 unused */
diff --git a/include/qemu/thread-win32.h b/include/qemu/thread-win32.h
index 3a05e3b3aa..f4d4cd96a1 100644
--- a/include/qemu/thread-win32.h
+++ b/include/qemu/thread-win32.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ typedef struct QemuThreadData QemuThreadData;
 struct QemuThread {
     QemuThreadData *data;
     unsigned tid;
+    Monitor *current_monitor;
 };
 
 /* Only valid for joinable threads.  */
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 51f4cf480f..5035e42364 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static mon_cmd_t info_cmds[];
 
 QmpCommandList qmp_commands, qmp_cap_negotiation_commands;
 
-Monitor *cur_mon;
+__thread Monitor *cur_mon;
 
 static QEMUClockType event_clock_type = QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME;
 
diff --git a/stubs/monitor.c b/stubs/monitor.c
index e018c8f594..3890771bb5 100644
--- a/stubs/monitor.c
+++ b/stubs/monitor.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 
-Monitor *cur_mon = NULL;
+__thread Monitor *cur_mon;
 
 int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *name, Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/tests/test-util-sockets.c b/tests/test-util-sockets.c
index acadd85e8f..6195a3ac36 100644
--- a/tests/test-util-sockets.c
+++ b/tests/test-util-sockets.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *fdname, Error **errp)
  * stubs/monitor.c is defined, to make sure monitor.o is discarded
  * otherwise we get duplicate syms at link time.
  */
-Monitor *cur_mon;
+__thread Monitor *cur_mon;
 void monitor_init(Chardev *chr, int flags) {}
 
 
diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
index 3ae96210d6..8d13da1b09 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/atomic.h"
 #include "qemu/notify.h"
+#include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
 static bool name_threads;
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ typedef struct {
     void *(*start_routine)(void *);
     void *arg;
     char *name;
+    Monitor *current_monitor;
 } QemuThreadArgs;
 
 static void *qemu_thread_start(void *args)
@@ -494,6 +496,9 @@ static void *qemu_thread_start(void *args)
     void *(*start_routine)(void *) = qemu_thread_args->start_routine;
     void *arg = qemu_thread_args->arg;
 
+    /* Inherit the cur_mon pointer from father thread */
+    cur_mon = qemu_thread_args->current_monitor;
+
     /* Attempt to set the threads name; note that this is for debug, so
      * we're not going to fail if we can't set it.
      */
@@ -533,6 +538,7 @@ void qemu_thread_create(QemuThread *thread, const char *name,
     qemu_thread_args->name = g_strdup(name);
     qemu_thread_args->start_routine = start_routine;
     qemu_thread_args->arg = arg;
+    qemu_thread_args->current_monitor = cur_mon;
 
     err = pthread_create(&thread->thread, &attr,
                          qemu_thread_start, qemu_thread_args);
diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
index ab60c0d557..b5197dbc78 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/notify.h"
+#include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include <process.h>
 
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ struct QemuThreadData {
     void             *arg;
     short             mode;
     NotifierList      exit;
+    Monitor          *current_monitor;
 
     /* Only used for joinable threads. */
     bool              exited;
@@ -339,6 +341,9 @@ static unsigned __stdcall win32_start_routine(void *arg)
     void *(*start_routine)(void *) = data->start_routine;
     void *thread_arg = data->arg;
 
+    /* Inherit the cur_mon pointer from father thread */
+    cur_mon = data->current_monitor;
+
     qemu_thread_data = data;
     qemu_thread_exit(start_routine(thread_arg));
     abort();
@@ -401,6 +406,7 @@ void qemu_thread_create(QemuThread *thread, const char *name,
     data->arg = arg;
     data->mode = mode;
     data->exited = false;
+    data->current_monitor = cur_mon;
     notifier_list_init(&data->exit);
 
     if (data->mode != QEMU_THREAD_DETACHED) {
