diff --git a/daemon/load.c b/daemon/load.c
index a878a0bc1..b12e72128 100644
--- a/daemon/load.c
+++ b/daemon/load.c
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ void load_thread(void *dummy) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL);
+		thread_cancel_enable();
 		usleep(500000);
-		pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL);
+		thread_cancel_disable();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 016a29d46..5a08a9d76 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ static void sighandler(gpointer x) {
 	ts.tv_nsec = 0;
 
 	while (!rtpe_shutdown) {
-		pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL);
+		thread_cancel_enable();
 		ret = sigtimedwait(&ss, NULL, &ts);
-		pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL);
+		thread_cancel_disable();
 
 		if (ret == -1) {
 			if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR)
diff --git a/daemon/poller.c b/daemon/poller.c
index e17a0b087..be6f73adb 100644
--- a/daemon/poller.c
+++ b/daemon/poller.c
@@ -388,9 +388,9 @@ int poller_poll(struct poller *p, int timeout) {
 
 	mutex_unlock(&p->lock);
 	errno = 0;
-	pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL);
+	thread_cancel_enable();
 	ret = epoll_wait(p->fd, evs, sizeof(evs) / sizeof(*evs), timeout);
-	pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL);
+	thread_cancel_disable();
 	mutex_lock(&p->lock);
 
 	if (errno == EINTR)
@@ -585,9 +585,9 @@ void poller_timer_loop(void *d) {
 		if (sleeptime <= 0)
 			goto now;
 
-		pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL);
+		thread_cancel_enable();
 		usleep(sleeptime);
-		pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL);
+		thread_cancel_disable();
 
 		continue;
 
diff --git a/include/aux.h b/include/aux.h
index e3c244c0e..1092bd334 100644
--- a/include/aux.h
+++ b/include/aux.h
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ INLINE void thread_create_detach(void (*f)(void *), void *a, const char *name) {
 	thread_create_detach_prio(f, a, NULL, 0, name);
 }
 
+#define thread_cancel_enable() pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL)
+#define thread_cancel_disable() pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL)
+