diff --git a/src/pow_hash.cpp b/src/pow_hash.cpp
index 90b23cd..3a97ce8 100644
--- a/src/pow_hash.cpp
+++ b/src/pow_hash.cpp
@@ -389,11 +389,7 @@ RandomX_Hasher_RPC::RandomX_Hasher_RPC(p2pool* pool)
 	uv_mutex_init_checked(&m_requestMutex);
 	uv_mutex_init_checked(&m_condMutex);
 
-	err = uv_cond_init(&m_cond);
-	if (err) {
-		LOGERR(1, "failed to create cond, error " << uv_err_name(err));
-		panic();
-	}
+	uv_cond_init_checked(&m_cond);
 
 	err = uv_thread_create(&m_loopThread, loop, this);
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 0018079..f109b18 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@ std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& s, hash& h)
 	return s;
 }
 
+void uv_cond_init_checked(uv_cond_t* cond)
+{
+	const int result = uv_cond_init(cond);
+	if (result) {
+		LOGERR(1, "failed to create conditional variable, error " << uv_err_name(result));
+		panic();
+	}
+}
+
 void uv_mutex_init_checked(uv_mutex_t* mutex)
 {
 	const int result = uv_mutex_init(mutex);
diff --git a/src/uv_util.h b/src/uv_util.h
index d1f4fbe..09747b5 100644
--- a/src/uv_util.h
+++ b/src/uv_util.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ private:
 
 typedef RWLock<true> WriteLock;
 
+void uv_cond_init_checked(uv_cond_t* cond);
 void uv_mutex_init_checked(uv_mutex_t* mutex);
 void uv_rwlock_init_checked(uv_rwlock_t* lock);
 uv_loop_t* uv_default_loop_checked();