diff --git a/devito/passes/iet/parpragma.py b/devito/passes/iet/parpragma.py
index d5752fec52..381f3169ed 100644
--- a/devito/passes/iet/parpragma.py
+++ b/devito/passes/iet/parpragma.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def _make_partree(self, candidates, nthreads=None):
             prefix = []
         elif nthreads is not None:
             body = self.HostIteration(schedule='static',
-                                      parallel=nthreads is not self.nthreads_nested,
+                                      parallel=nthreads is not self.nthreads,
                                       ncollapsed=ncollapsed, nthreads=nthreads,
                                       **root.args)
             prefix = []