2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/commands/mspec.rb b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/commands/mspec.rb
index f18d836252..bd34d5f0da 100755
--- a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/commands/mspec.rb
+++ b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/commands/mspec.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class MSpecMain < MSpecScript
     end
 
     output_files = []
-    processes = [cores, @files.size].min
+    processes = cores(@files.size)
     children = processes.times.map { |i|
       name = tmp "mspec-multi-#{i}"
       output_files << name
diff --git a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/utils/script.rb b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/utils/script.rb
index 3e507d2b4a..910dcd22a7 100644
--- a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/utils/script.rb
+++ b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/utils/script.rb
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ class MSpecScript
     files patterns
   end
 
-  def cores
+  def cores(max = 1)
     require 'etc'
-    Etc.nprocessors
+    [Etc.nprocessors, max].min
   end
 
   def setup_env