1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/cpu_builder.cc b/src/cpu/o3/cpu_builder.cc
index a433235a0..097dc7181 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/cpu_builder.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/cpu_builder.cc
@@ -51,14 +51,17 @@ DerivO3CPUParams::create()
     // Full-system only supports a single thread for the moment.
     ThreadID actual_num_threads = 1;
 #else
+    if (workload.size() > numThreads) {
+        fatal("Workload Size (%i) > Max Supported Threads (%i) on This CPU",
+              workload.size(), numThreads);
+    } else if (workload.size() == 0) {
+        fatal("Must specify at least one workload!");
+    }
+    
     // In non-full-system mode, we infer the number of threads from
     // the workload if it's not explicitly specified.
     ThreadID actual_num_threads =
         (numThreads >= workload.size()) ? numThreads : workload.size();
-
-    if (workload.size() == 0) {
-        fatal("Must specify at least one workload!");
-    }
 #endif
 
     numThreads = actual_num_threads;