diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index d67907b8a38b09af4ba9d7b145b75a958fd6e309..209bb0427b43c13304ef0cd0872bd978b793ff8f 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ else
     THREADS_PER_CORE=$(lscpu | grep "Thread(s) per core: " | tr -cd "[:digit:]")
     if [ -z "$J" ]; then
         NPROC=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
-	if [ $THREADS_PER_CORE -gt 1 -a $NPROC -gt 2 ] ; then
+	if [ $THREADS_PER_CORE -gt 1 -a $NPROC -gt 4 ] ; then
 		NPROC=$((NPROC/2))
 	fi
     else