diff --git a/src/_macosx.m b/src/_macosx.m
index 30fdf8fbd75c..d124ee3322b9 100755
--- a/src/_macosx.m
+++ b/src/_macosx.m
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ static void context_cleanup(const void* info)
     CFTimeInterval interval;
     PyObject* py_interval = NULL, * py_single = NULL, * py_on_timer = NULL;
     int single;
-    runloop = CFRunLoopGetCurrent();
+    runloop = CFRunLoopGetMain();
     if (!runloop) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Failed to obtain run loop");
         return NULL;