diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index d59af30b3..67c791b27 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -16570,6 +16570,28 @@ static int ggml_get_n_tasks(struct ggml_tensor * node, int n_threads) {
 
                 //n_tasks = MIN(n_threads, MAX(1, nr0/128));
                 //printf("nr0 = %8d, nr1 = %8d, nr0*nr1 = %8d, n_tasks%d\n", nr0, nr1, nr0*nr1, n_tasks);
+
+#if defined(GGML_USE_CUBLAS)
+                if (ggml_cuda_can_mul_mat(node->src[0], node->src[1], node)) {
+                    n_tasks = 1; // TODO: this actually is doing nothing
+                                 //       the threads are still spinning
+                }
+#elif defined(GGML_USE_CLBLAST)
+                if (ggml_cl_can_mul_mat(node->src[0], node->src[1], node)) {
+                    n_tasks = 1; // TODO: this actually is doing nothing
+                                 //       the threads are still spinning
+                }
+#elif defined(GGML_USE_SYCL)
+                if (ggml_sycl_can_mul_mat(node->src[0], node->src[1], node)) {
+                    n_tasks = 1;
+                }
+#endif
+#if defined(GGML_USE_ACCELERATE) || defined(GGML_USE_OPENBLAS)
+                if (ggml_compute_forward_mul_mat_use_blas(node->src[0], node->src[1], node)) {
+                    n_tasks = 1; // TODO: this actually is doing nothing
+                                 //       the threads are still spinning
+                }
+#endif
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT_ID:
             {