diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index ba4358dbaa1ed7e60c07148e583c16100142d1a8..52abd25e411afce4fa2dbc0364c717d1fb6fb20b 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ done
 %check
 echo "#define CONFIG_DISABLE_QEMU_LOG" >> build/config-host.h
 make %{?_smp_mflags} $buildldflags V=1
-make check V=1
+make check V=1 %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %pre
 getent group kvm >/dev/null || groupadd -g 36 -r kvm