diff --git a/cpp/daal/src/externals/service_service_mkl.h b/cpp/daal/src/externals/service_service_mkl.h
index a78d4521c9c..197424d6063 100644
--- a/cpp/daal/src/externals/service_service_mkl.h
+++ b/cpp/daal/src/externals/service_service_mkl.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct MklService
 
     static int serv_get_ncorespercpu()
     {
-        unsigned int nlogicalcpu = daal::services::internal::_internal_daal_GetSysLogicalProcessorCount();
+        unsigned int nlogicalcpu = daal::services::internal::_internal_daal_GetProcessorCoreCount();
         unsigned int ncpus       = serv_get_ncpus();
         return (ncpus > 0 && nlogicalcpu > 0 && nlogicalcpu > ncpus ? nlogicalcpu / ncpus : 1);
     }