diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/vm/vm_version_x86.hpp b/src/cpu/x86/vm/vm_version_x86.hpp
index d79d3d0dc1370282d25cecda8e0febda30be81d8..49c9dba7e93b288d39694dce2b3709ed34d70bcd 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/vm_version_x86.hpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/vm_version_x86.hpp
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ public:
       result = _cpuid_info.std_cpuid1_ebx.bits.threads_per_cpu /
                cores_per_cpu();
     }
-    return result;
+    return (result == 0 ? 1 : result);
   }
 
   static intx prefetch_data_size()  {