diff --git a/src/num/init.c b/src/num/init.c
index 2cffddbb4..0d7c6d393 100644
--- a/src/num/init.c
+++ b/src/num/init.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static void num_init_internal(void)
 
 	p = omp_get_max_threads();
 
-	int running_thr = omp_get_team_size(1); //get number of running top level threads
+	int running_thr = omp_get_num_threads(); //get number of running top level threads
 	p = MAX(1, p / running_thr);
 #endif