diff --git a/interface/gemv.c b/interface/gemv.c
index 1f14cdb2c..1f0763579 100644
--- a/interface/gemv.c
+++ b/interface/gemv.c
@@ -201,12 +201,14 @@ void CNAME(enum CBLAS_ORDER order,
   if (beta != ONE) SCAL_K(leny, 0, 0, beta, y, blasabs(incy), NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
 
   if (alpha == ZERO) return;
-
+	
+#if 0
+/* this optimization causes stack corruption on x86_64 under OSX, Windows and FreeBSD */	
   if (trans == 0 && incx == 1 && incy == 1 && m*n < 2304 *GEMM_MULTITHREAD_THRESHOLD) {
     GEMV_N(m, n, 0, alpha, a, lda, x, incx, y, incy, NULL);
     return;
   }    
-
+#endif
   IDEBUG_START;
 
   FUNCTION_PROFILE_START();