diff --git a/src/common/threading.cpp b/src/common/threading.cpp
index 3ee9f4c94a..2012fcb229 100644
--- a/src/common/threading.cpp
+++ b/src/common/threading.cpp
@@ -610,10 +610,15 @@ Threading::KernelSemaphore::KernelSemaphore()
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
   m_sema = CreateSemaphore(nullptr, 0, LONG_MAX, nullptr);
+  if (m_sema == NULL) [[unlikely]]
+    Panic("CreateSemaphore() failed");
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
-  semaphore_create(mach_task_self(), &m_sema, SYNC_POLICY_FIFO, 0);
+  const kern_return_t kr = semaphore_create(mach_task_self(), &m_sema, SYNC_POLICY_FIFO, 0);
+  if (kr != KERN_SUCCESS) [[unlikely]]
+    Panic("CreateSemaphore() failed");
 #else
-  sem_init(&m_sema, false, 0);
+  if (sem_init(&m_sema, false, 0) != 0) [[unlikely]]
+    Panic("sem_init() failed");
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/threading.h b/src/common/threading.h
index 38dbe27faf..4b8934f40f 100644
--- a/src/common/threading.h
+++ b/src/common/threading.h
@@ -107,10 +107,21 @@ class Thread : public ThreadHandle
   u32 m_stack_size = 0;
 };
 
-/// A semaphore that may not have a fast userspace path
-/// (Used in other semaphore-based algorithms where the semaphore is just used for its thread sleep/wake ability)
+/// A semaphore that requires a system call to wake/sleep.
 class KernelSemaphore
 {
+public:
+  KernelSemaphore();
+  KernelSemaphore(const KernelSemaphore&) = delete;
+  ~KernelSemaphore();
+
+  KernelSemaphore& operator=(const KernelSemaphore&) = delete;
+
+  void Post();
+  void Wait();
+  bool TryWait();
+
+private:
 #if defined(_WIN32)
   void* m_sema;
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
@@ -118,12 +129,6 @@ class KernelSemaphore
 #else
   sem_t m_sema;
 #endif
-public:
-  KernelSemaphore();
-  ~KernelSemaphore();
-  void Post();
-  void Wait();
-  bool TryWait();
 };
 
 } // namespace Threading
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