diff --git a/timing/timing.c b/timing/timing.c
index 54476685cce3738f7ce6fb78be12367c7890a473..4afdeac80922f5ee3ea4328c790e5cb07608a0c6 100644
--- a/timing/timing.c
+++ b/timing/timing.c
@@ -751,8 +751,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     int return_code;
 
     /* Initialize CHAMELEON */
+    /* NOTE: do *NOT* add a ';' at the end of this call, as it may be a #pragma omp parallel */
     CHAMELEON_INIT( iparam[IPARAM_THRDNBR],
-                iparam[IPARAM_NCUDAS] );
+                iparam[IPARAM_NCUDAS] )
 
     {
         return_code = CHAMELEON_Main(iparam, argv[0], start, stop, step);