diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index c5902c404..51f0be398 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ Win32-MinGW            - ChibiOS/RT simulator and demo into a WIN32 process,
 *****************************************************************************
 
 *** 0.6.7 ***
-- Improvements to the test framework, now a virtual timer is used instead of
-  software loops into the bechmarks in order to have more stable results.
+- OPT: Removed an unrequired initialization from the chThdCreate().
+- OPT: Improvements to the test framework, now a virtual timer is used instead
+  of software loops into the bechmarks in order to have more stable results.
 - Added the C++ wrapper entries to the documentation.
 
 *** 0.6.6 ***
@@ -88,8 +89,8 @@ Win32-MinGW            - ChibiOS/RT simulator and demo into a WIN32 process,
   within the specified time window.
 - FIX: Mutex test #1 in the test suite corrected, it failed to... fail.
 - FIX: Fixed a problem in the STM32 port USART1 driver.
+- FIX: Fixed a problem in the MMC/SD driver in the LPC2148 demo.
 - Added the definitions for packed structures to the chtypes.h files.
-- Fixed a problem in the MMC/SD driver in the LPC2148 demo.
 - Improvements to the makefiles, now each source group has its own .mk include
   file. Now it is no more required to rewrite everything in each makefile.
 
diff --git a/src/chthreads.c b/src/chthreads.c
index 797591243..33c75dd45 100644
--- a/src/chthreads.c
+++ b/src/chthreads.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ void init_thread(tprio_t prio, tmode_t mode, Thread *tp) {
   tp->p_tid = nextid++;
   tp->p_flags = mode;
   tp->p_prio = prio;
-  tp->p_rdymsg = RDY_OK;
 #ifdef CH_USE_MUTEXES
   tp->p_mtxlist = NULL;
   tp->p_realprio = prio;
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ void init_thread(tprio_t prio, tmode_t mode, Thread *tp) {
   tp->p_epending = 0;
 #endif
 #ifdef CH_USE_EXIT_EVENT
-    chEvtInit(&tp->p_exitesource);
+  chEvtInit(&tp->p_exitesource);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/test/testbmk.c b/test/testbmk.c
index b0f44f315..18a62bf00 100644
--- a/test/testbmk.c
+++ b/test/testbmk.c
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ static unsigned int msg_loop_test(Thread *tp) {
   uint32_t n = 0;
   test_wait_tick();
   test_start_timer(1000);
-  while (!test_timer_done) {
+  do {
     (void)chMsgSend(tp, 0);
     n++;
 #if defined(WIN32)
     ChkIntSources();
 #endif
-  }
+  } while (!test_timer_done);
   return n;
 }
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static void bmk3_teardown(void) {
 
 static msg_t thread2(void *p) {
 
-  return 0;
+  return (msg_t)p;
 }
 
 static void bmk3_execute(void) {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ const struct testcase testbmk3 = {
 
 static char *bmk4_gettest(void) {
 
-  return "Benchmark, threads creation/termination";
+  return "Benchmark, threads creation/termination, worst case";
 }
 
 static void bmk4_setup(void) {
@@ -165,16 +165,17 @@ static void bmk4_teardown(void) {
 static void bmk4_execute(void) {
 
   uint32_t n = 0;
+  void *wap = wa[0];
+  tprio_t prio = chThdGetPriority() - 1;
   test_wait_tick();
   test_start_timer(1000);
-  while (!test_timer_done) {
-    threads[0] = chThdCreate(chThdGetPriority()-1, 0, wa[0], STKSIZE, thread2, NULL);
-    chThdWait(threads[0]);
+  do {
+    chThdWait(chThdCreate(prio, 0, wap, STKSIZE, thread2, NULL));
     n++;
 #if defined(WIN32)
     ChkIntSources();
 #endif
-  }
+  } while (!test_timer_done);
   test_print("--- Score : ");
   test_printn(n);
   test_println(" threads/S");
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ static void bmk5_execute(void) {
   uint32_t n = 0;
   test_wait_tick();
   test_start_timer(1000);
-  while (!test_timer_done) {
+  do {
     chIQPutI(&iq, 0);
     chIQPutI(&iq, 1);
     chIQPutI(&iq, 2);
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ static void bmk5_execute(void) {
 #if defined(WIN32)
     ChkIntSources();
 #endif
-  }
+  } while (!test_timer_done);
   test_print("--- Score : ");
   test_printn(n * 4);
   test_println(" bytes/S");