diff --git a/oslo_concurrency/processutils.py b/oslo_concurrency/processutils.py
index c078490..fea5ecd 100644
--- a/oslo_concurrency/processutils.py
+++ b/oslo_concurrency/processutils.py
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ if eventlet_patched:
         from eventlet.green import subprocess
 
     from eventlet import tpool
+
+    # Monkey patch the original current_thread to use the up-to-date _active
+    # global variable. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1863021 and
+    # https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/592
+    import __original_module_threading as orig_threading
+    import threading
+    orig_threading.current_thread.__globals__['_active'] = threading._active
 else:
     import subprocess