Index: runtime/src/kmp_global.c
===================================================================
--- runtime/src/kmp_global.c
+++ runtime/src/kmp_global.c
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@
 int                 __kmp_xproc = 0;
 int            __kmp_avail_proc = 0;
 size_t    __kmp_sys_min_stksize = KMP_MIN_STKSIZE;
+#if KMP_MAX_NTH < INT_MAX
 int           __kmp_sys_max_nth = KMP_MAX_NTH;
+#else
+int           __kmp_sys_max_nth = INT_MAX;
+#endif
 int               __kmp_max_nth = 0;
 int      __kmp_threads_capacity = 0;
 int         __kmp_dflt_team_nth = 0;
Index: runtime/src/z_Linux_util.c
===================================================================
--- runtime/src/z_Linux_util.c
+++ runtime/src/z_Linux_util.c
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@
         }
         else if ( __kmp_sys_max_nth <= 1 ) {
             /* Can't tell, just use PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX */
-            __kmp_sys_max_nth = KMP_MAX_NTH;
+            __kmp_sys_max_nth = KMP_MAX_NTH < INT_MAX ? KMP_MAX_NTH : INT_MAX;
         }
 
         /* Query the minimum stack size */