lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index 3329d79fa77b56690be7cd45bac12b9fa53674c6..76e61e86931078c41e5999d912efd521df8334bf 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ 	if (!$n) {
 		chomp($n = `nproc 2>/dev/null`);
 		# assume 2 cores if GNU nproc(1) is not available
 		$n = 2 if !$n;
-		$n = $NPROC_MAX_DEFAULT if $NPROC_MAX_DEFAULT > 4;
+		$n = $NPROC_MAX_DEFAULT if $n > $NPROC_MAX_DEFAULT;
 	}
 
 	# subtract for the main process and git-fast-import