4 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
index c17256f466..e2227e8de4 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ early_init(int *argc, char **argv) /*
 		case 'A': {
 		    /* set number of threads in thread pool */
 		    char *arg = get_arg(argv[i]+2, argv[i+1], &i);
-		    if (((erts_async_max_threads = atoi(arg)) < 0) ||
+		    if (((erts_async_max_threads = atoi(arg)) < ERTS_MIN_NO_OF_ASYNC_THREADS) ||
 			(erts_async_max_threads > ERTS_MAX_NO_OF_ASYNC_THREADS)) {
 			erts_fprintf(stderr,
 				     "bad number of async threads %s\n",
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/ose/erl_ose_sys.h b/erts/emulator/sys/ose/erl_ose_sys.h
index 94f1e58883..5243886bac 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/ose/erl_ose_sys.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/ose/erl_ose_sys.h
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ struct erts_sys_fd_type {
 
 
 /*
+ * Min number of async threads
+ */
+#define ERTS_MIN_NO_OF_ASYNC_THREADS 1
+
+/*
  * Our own type of "FD's"
  */
 #define ERTS_SYS_FD_TYPE struct erts_sys_fd_type*
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/unix/erl_unix_sys.h b/erts/emulator/sys/unix/erl_unix_sys.h
index 2c47aa06c2..176fc049a7 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/unix/erl_unix_sys.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/unix/erl_unix_sys.h
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
 #   endif
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Min number of async threads
+ */
+#define  ERTS_MIN_NO_OF_ASYNC_THREADS 0
+
 /* File descriptors are numbers anc consecutively allocated on Unix */
 #define  ERTS_SYS_CONTINOUS_FD_NUMBERS
 
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_win_sys.h b/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_win_sys.h
index 0deb097b1a..8015e8f378 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_win_sys.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/win32/erl_win_sys.h
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
 #define CreateAutoEvent(state) CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, state, NULL)
 #define CreateManualEvent(state) CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, state, NULL)
 
+/*
+ * Min number of async threads
+ */
+#define ERTS_MIN_NO_OF_ASYNC_THREADS 0
 
 /*
  * Our own type of "FD's"