1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/afl-cmin.bash b/afl-cmin.bash
index 1d080491..b326bee8 100755
--- a/afl-cmin.bash
+++ b/afl-cmin.bash
@@ -339,6 +339,13 @@ fi
 echo "[*] Are you aware that afl-cmin is faster than this afl-cmin.bash script?"
 echo "[+] Found $IN_COUNT files for minimizing."
 
+if [ -n "$THREADS" ]; then
+  if [ "$IN_COUNT" -lt "$THREADS" ]; then
+    THREADS=$IN_COUNT
+    echo "[!] WARNING: less inputs than threads, reducing threads to $THREADS and likely the overhead of threading makes things slower..."
+  fi
+fi
+
 FIRST_FILE=`ls "$IN_DIR" | head -1`
 
 # Make sure that we're not dealing with a directory.