diff --git a/interface/lapack/gesv.c b/interface/lapack/gesv.c
index 175350329..546c2bed2 100644
--- a/interface/lapack/gesv.c
+++ b/interface/lapack/gesv.c
@@ -114,7 +114,14 @@ int NAME(blasint *N, blasint *NRHS, FLOAT *a, blasint *ldA, blasint *ipiv,
 
 #ifdef SMP
   args.common = NULL;
-  args.nthreads = num_cpu_avail(4);
+#ifndef DOUBLE
+  if (args.m*args.n < 40000)
+#else
+  if (args.m*args.n < 10000)
+#endif
+	args.nthreads=1;
+  else
+         args.nthreads = num_cpu_avail(4);
 
   if (args.nthreads == 1) {
 #endif