diff --git a/cpp_thread_test/cpp_thread_safety_common.h b/cpp_thread_test/cpp_thread_safety_common.h
index 60ab5bb2f..8005369a8 100644
--- a/cpp_thread_test/cpp_thread_safety_common.h
+++ b/cpp_thread_test/cpp_thread_safety_common.h
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ inline void pauser(){
     std::getline(std::cin, dummy);
 }
 
+void FailIfThreadsAreZero(uint32_t numConcurrentThreads) {
+	if(numConcurrentThreads == 0) {
+		std::cout<<"ERROR: Invalid parameter 0 for number of concurrent calls into OpenBLAS!"<<std::endl;
+		std::cout<<"CBLAS DGEMV thread safety test FAILED!"<<std::endl;
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+}
+
 void FillMatrices(std::vector<std::vector<double>>& matBlock, std::mt19937_64& PRNG, std::uniform_real_distribution<double>& rngdist, const blasint randomMatSize, const uint32_t numConcurrentThreads, const uint32_t numMat){
 	for(uint32_t i=0; i<numMat; i++){
 		for(uint32_t j = 0; j < static_cast<uint32_t>(randomMatSize*randomMatSize); j++){
diff --git a/cpp_thread_test/dgemm_thread_safety.cpp b/cpp_thread_test/dgemm_thread_safety.cpp
index 1c5287524..104c64f2a 100644
--- a/cpp_thread_test/dgemm_thread_safety.cpp
+++ b/cpp_thread_test/dgemm_thread_safety.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
 	std::cout<<"Number of concurrent calls into OpenBLAS : "<<numConcurrentThreads<<'\n';
 	std::cout<<"Number of testing rounds : "<<numTestRounds<<'\n';
 	std::cout<<"This test will need "<<(static_cast<uint64_t>(randomMatSize*randomMatSize)*numConcurrentThreads*3*8)/static_cast<double>(1024*1024)<<" MiB of RAM\n"<<std::endl;
+
+	FailIfThreadsAreZero(numConcurrentThreads);
 	
 	std::cout<<"Initializing random number generator..."<<std::flush;
 	std::mt19937_64 PRNG = InitPRNG();
diff --git a/cpp_thread_test/dgemv_thread_safety.cpp b/cpp_thread_test/dgemv_thread_safety.cpp
index 277594ff0..20ea38138 100644
--- a/cpp_thread_test/dgemv_thread_safety.cpp
+++ b/cpp_thread_test/dgemv_thread_safety.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
 	std::cout<<"Number of concurrent calls into OpenBLAS : "<<numConcurrentThreads<<'\n';
 	std::cout<<"Number of testing rounds : "<<numTestRounds<<'\n';
 	std::cout<<"This test will need "<<((static_cast<uint64_t>(randomMatSize*randomMatSize)*numConcurrentThreads*8)+(static_cast<uint64_t>(randomMatSize)*numConcurrentThreads*8*2))/static_cast<double>(1024*1024)<<" MiB of RAM\n"<<std::endl;
+
+	FailIfThreadsAreZero(numConcurrentThreads);
 	
 	std::cout<<"Initializing random number generator..."<<std::flush;
 	std::mt19937_64 PRNG = InitPRNG();