diff --git a/src/target/target.c b/src/target/target.c
index d2dff111a..8a451883b 100644
--- a/src/target/target.c
+++ b/src/target/target.c
@@ -6477,7 +6477,7 @@ static int jim_target_smp(Jim_Interp *interp, int argc, Jim_Obj *const *argv)
 	}
 
 	if (target && target->rtos)
-		retval = rtos_smp_init(head->target);
+		retval = rtos_smp_init(target);
 
 	return retval;
 }