diff --git a/core/autoload/system.el b/core/autoload/system.el
index dee35d3c7..4f98d1ea8 100644
--- a/core/autoload/system.el
+++ b/core/autoload/system.el
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Tries to be portable. Returns 1 if cannot be determined."
                          (doom-call-process "sysctl" "-n" "hw.ncpu")))))
              (max
               1 (or (cl-typecase cpus
+                      (integer cpus)
                       (string
                        (condition-case _
                            (string-to-number cpus)