diff --git a/kernel/setparam-ref.c b/kernel/setparam-ref.c
index 9030d7c6d..2bb54b406 100644
--- a/kernel/setparam-ref.c
+++ b/kernel/setparam-ref.c
@@ -647,7 +647,9 @@ static int get_l2_size_old(void){
       return 6144;
     }
   }
-  return 0;
+//  return 0;
+fprintf (stderr,"OpenBLAS WARNING - could not determine the L2 cache size on this system, assuming 256k\n");
+return 256;
 }
 #endif