Index: src/org/python/modules/thread/PyLocal.java
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--- src/org/python/modules/thread/PyLocal.java	(revision 7161)
+++ src/org/python/modules/thread/PyLocal.java	(working copy)
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 
     public static final PyType TYPE = PyType.fromClass(PyLocal.class);
 
-    private ThreadLocal<PyDictionary> tdict = new ThreadLocal<PyDictionary>();
+    private ThreadLocal<PyDictionary> tdict = new ThreadLocal<PyDictionary>() {
+        @Override protected PyDictionary initialValue() {
+            return new PyDictionary();
+        }
+    };
 
     private PyObject args[];
 
@@ -76,13 +80,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public synchronized PyObject fastGetDict() {
-        PyDictionary ldict = tdict.get();
-        if (ldict == null) {
-            ldict = new PyDictionary();
-            tdict.set(ldict);
-            dispatch__init__(args, keywords);
-        }
-        return ldict;
+    public PyObject fastGetDict() {
+        return tdict.get();
     }
 }