diff --git a/include/common/hathreads.h b/include/common/hathreads.h
index 5f0b969..f819536 100644
--- a/include/common/hathreads.h
+++ b/include/common/hathreads.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 #ifndef USE_THREAD
 
+#define MAX_THREADS 1
+
 #define __decl_hathreads(decl)
 
 #define HA_ATOMIC_CAS(val, old, new) ({((*val) == (*old)) ? (*(val) = (new) , 1) : (*(old) = *(val), 0);})
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <import/plock.h>
 
+#define MAX_THREADS LONGBITS
+
 #define __decl_hathreads(decl) decl
 
 /* TODO: thread: For now, we rely on GCC builtins but it could be a good idea to