diff --git a/tests/test_thread.cpp b/tests/test_thread.cpp
index 9cc11228fd0..69901c0bb8d 100644
--- a/tests/test_thread.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_thread.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ class threadpool : public dnnl::threadpool_interop::threadpool_iface {
 #include "tbb/parallel_for.h"
 #include "tbb/task_arena.h"
 
+#include "src/cpu/platform.hpp"
 namespace dnnl {
 namespace testing {
 
@@ -123,7 +124,8 @@ class threadpool : public dnnl::threadpool_interop::threadpool_iface {
 public:
     explicit threadpool(int num_threads = 0) { (void)num_threads; }
     int get_num_threads() const override {
-        return tbb::this_task_arena::max_concurrency();
+        return std::min(tbb::this_task_arena::max_concurrency(),
+                (int)dnnl::impl::cpu::platform::get_max_threads_to_use());
     }
     bool get_in_parallel() const override { return 0; }
     uint64_t get_flags() const override { return 0; }