diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/plugins/amdgpu/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -708,6 +708,17 @@
   return RequiresFlags;
 }
 
+namespace {
+template <typename T> bool enforce_upper_bound(T *value, T upper) {
+  if (*value > upper) {
+    *value = upper;
+    return true;
+  } else {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+} // namespace
+
 int32_t __tgt_rtl_init_device(int device_id) {
   hsa_status_t err;
 
@@ -769,11 +780,13 @@
     DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id] =
         reinterpret_cast<uint32_t *>(&grid_max_dim)[0] /
         DeviceInfo.GroupsPerDevice[device_id];
-    if ((DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id] >
-         RTLDeviceInfoTy::Max_WG_Size) ||
-        DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id] == 0) {
-      DP("Capped thread limit: %d\n", RTLDeviceInfoTy::Max_WG_Size);
+
+    if (DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id] == 0) {
       DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id] = RTLDeviceInfoTy::Max_WG_Size;
+      DP("Default thread limit: %d\n", RTLDeviceInfoTy::Max_WG_Size);
+    } else if (enforce_upper_bound(&DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id],
+                                   RTLDeviceInfoTy::Max_WG_Size)) {
+      DP("Capped thread limit: %d\n", RTLDeviceInfoTy::Max_WG_Size);
     } else {
       DP("Using ROCm Queried thread limit: %d\n",
          DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id]);
@@ -799,9 +812,10 @@
   }
 
   // Adjust teams to the env variables
+
   if (DeviceInfo.EnvTeamLimit > 0 &&
-      DeviceInfo.GroupsPerDevice[device_id] > DeviceInfo.EnvTeamLimit) {
-    DeviceInfo.GroupsPerDevice[device_id] = DeviceInfo.EnvTeamLimit;
+      (enforce_upper_bound(&DeviceInfo.GroupsPerDevice[device_id],
+                           DeviceInfo.EnvTeamLimit))) {
     DP("Capping max groups per device to OMP_TEAM_LIMIT=%d\n",
        DeviceInfo.EnvTeamLimit);
   }
@@ -824,8 +838,8 @@
        TeamsPerCU, DeviceInfo.ComputeUnits[device_id]);
   }
 
-  if (DeviceInfo.NumTeams[device_id] > DeviceInfo.GroupsPerDevice[device_id]) {
-    DeviceInfo.NumTeams[device_id] = DeviceInfo.GroupsPerDevice[device_id];
+  if (enforce_upper_bound(&DeviceInfo.NumTeams[device_id],
+                          DeviceInfo.GroupsPerDevice[device_id])) {
     DP("Default number of teams exceeds device limit, capping at %d\n",
        DeviceInfo.GroupsPerDevice[device_id]);
   }
@@ -834,9 +848,8 @@
   DeviceInfo.NumThreads[device_id] = RTLDeviceInfoTy::Default_WG_Size;
   DP("Default number of threads set according to library's default %d\n",
      RTLDeviceInfoTy::Default_WG_Size);
-  if (DeviceInfo.NumThreads[device_id] >
-      DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id]) {
-    DeviceInfo.NumThreads[device_id] = DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id];
+  if (enforce_upper_bound(&DeviceInfo.NumThreads[device_id],
+                          DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id])) {
     DP("Default number of threads exceeds device limit, capping at %d\n",
        DeviceInfo.ThreadsPerGroup[device_id]);
   }