diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/ggml-blas.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/ggml-blas.cpp
index 5de64b816f..e7a1763b54 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/ggml-blas.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/ggml-blas.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ static void ggml_backend_blas_mul_mat(ggml_backend_blas_context * ctx, struct gg
     bli_thread_set_num_threads(ctx->n_threads);
 #elif defined(GGML_BLAS_USE_NVPL)
     nvpl_blas_set_num_threads(ctx->n_threads);
+#elif defined(GGML_BLAS_USE_MKL)
+    mkl_set_num_threads(ctx->n_threads);
 #endif
 
     for (int64_t i13 = 0; i13 < ne13; i13++) {