diff --git a/interface/lapack/potrf.c b/interface/lapack/potrf.c
index dbd55f62f..3abc80133 100644
--- a/interface/lapack/potrf.c
+++ b/interface/lapack/potrf.c
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ int NAME(char *UPLO, blasint *N, FLOAT *a, blasint *ldA, blasint *Info){
 
 #ifdef SMP
   args.common = NULL;
+#ifndef DOUBLE
+  if (args.n <128)
+#else
+  if (args.n <64)
+#endif
+    args.nthreads = 1;
+  else
   args.nthreads = num_cpu_avail(4);
 
   if (args.nthreads == 1) {
diff --git a/interface/lapack/potri.c b/interface/lapack/potri.c
index 2c0c64b6f..eb0fcbe70 100644
--- a/interface/lapack/potri.c
+++ b/interface/lapack/potri.c
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ int NAME(char *UPLO, blasint *N, FLOAT *a, blasint *ldA, blasint *Info){
 
 #ifdef SMP
   args.common = NULL;
+  if (args.n < 180)
+    args.nthreads = 1;
+  else
   args.nthreads = num_cpu_avail(4);
 
   if (args.nthreads == 1) {
diff --git a/interface/lapack/zpotrf.c b/interface/lapack/zpotrf.c
index c4cd99bf6..298efbbc1 100644
--- a/interface/lapack/zpotrf.c
+++ b/interface/lapack/zpotrf.c
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ int NAME(char *UPLO, blasint *N, FLOAT *a, blasint *ldA, blasint *Info){
 
 #ifdef SMP
   args.common = NULL;
+#ifndef DOUBLE
+  if (args.n < 64)
+#else
+  if (args.n < 64)
+#endif
+    args.nthreads = 1;
+  else
   args.nthreads = num_cpu_avail(4);
 
   if (args.nthreads == 1) {
diff --git a/interface/lapack/zpotri.c b/interface/lapack/zpotri.c
index 8da211683..8748c6352 100644
--- a/interface/lapack/zpotri.c
+++ b/interface/lapack/zpotri.c
@@ -121,6 +121,15 @@ int NAME(char *UPLO, blasint *N, FLOAT *a, blasint *ldA, blasint *Info){
 
 #ifdef SMP
   args.nthreads = num_cpu_avail(4);
+#ifndef DOUBLE
+  if (args.n < 200)
+#else
+  if (args.n < 150)
+#endif
+	  args.nthreads=1;
+  else
+#endif
+  args.nthreads = num_cpu_avail(4);
 
   if (args.nthreads == 1) {
 #endif