diff --git a/timing/timing.c b/timing/timing.c
index 33c8ac131c4c3695cea4bff5a26724f520acdec6..e7b335f81a2b19e0d4dd15407b681fcc27748f53 100644
--- a/timing/timing.c
+++ b/timing/timing.c
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ Test(int64_t n, int *iparam) {
 
     thrdnbr = iparam[IPARAM_THRDNBR];
     niter   = iparam[IPARAM_NITER];
-
+#ifdef TIMING_LAPACKE
+    thrdnbr = 1; //otherwise the following test is negative and we can't test lapacke
+#endif /* TIMING_LAPACKE */
     M    = iparam[IPARAM_M];
     N    = iparam[IPARAM_N];
     K    = iparam[IPARAM_K];