diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/multires.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/multires.c
index fb7463bb873..b6895e619b0 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/multires.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/multires.c
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ static void multires_apply_smat(Scene *scene, Object *ob, float smat[3][3])
 	dGridSize = multires_side_tot[high_mmd.totlvl];
 	dSkip = (dGridSize - 1) / (gridSize - 1);
 
-#pragma omp parallel for private(i) if (me->totface * gridSize * gridSize * 4 >= CCG_OMP_LIMIT)
+#pragma omp parallel for private(i) if (me->totloop * gridSize * gridSize >= CCG_OMP_LIMIT)
 	for (i = 0; i < me->totpoly; ++i) {
 		const int numVerts = mpoly[i].totloop;
 		MDisps *mdisp = &mdisps[mpoly[i].loopstart];