diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/command.go b/cmd/influxd/run/command.go
index e7974a3f4b..f9a4561d10 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/command.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/command.go
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ func (cmd *Command) Run(args ...string) error {
 	// Print sweet InfluxDB logo.
 	fmt.Print(logo)
 
+	// Set parallelism.
+	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
+
 	// Mark start-up in log.
 	log.Printf("InfluxDB starting, version %s, branch %s, commit %s, built %s",
 		cmd.Version, cmd.Branch, cmd.Commit, cmd.BuildTime)
 	log.Printf("Go version %s, GOMAXPROCS set to %d", runtime.Version(), runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0))
 
-	// Set parallelism.
-	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
-
 	// Write the PID file.
 	if err := cmd.writePIDFile(options.PIDFile); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("write pid file: %s", err)