diff --git a/test/parallel/test_parallel_2.sh b/test/parallel/test_parallel_2.sh
index ba281e1a7..e80b86383 100755
--- a/test/parallel/test_parallel_2.sh
+++ b/test/parallel/test_parallel_2.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ b=1
 if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
     b=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
 elif [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 5)" == "Linux" ]; then
-    b=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
+    b=$(grep -c 'cpu[0-9]' /proc/stat) #(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
 fi
 echo $(uname)
 echo $a $b