diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index a2b3a44e4..534b68939 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -16394,7 +16394,7 @@ static int ggml_get_n_tasks(struct ggml_tensor * node, int n_threads) {
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_GET_ROWS:
             {
-                n_tasks = n_threads;
+                n_tasks = MIN(n_threads, ggml_nelements(node->src[1]));
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_SCALE:
         case GGML_OP_SET: