diff --git a/model_zoo/official/cv/lenet/scripts/run_standalone_eval_cpu.sh b/model_zoo/official/cv/lenet/scripts/run_standalone_eval_cpu.sh
index e05dbc99652..10b9f0d836b 100755
--- a/model_zoo/official/cv/lenet/scripts/run_standalone_eval_cpu.sh
+++ b/model_zoo/official/cv/lenet/scripts/run_standalone_eval_cpu.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ script_self=$(readlink -f "$0")
 self_path=$(dirname "${script_self}")
 DATA_PATH=$1
 CKPT_PATH=$2
+export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
 python -s ${self_path}/../eval.py --data_path=$DATA_PATH --device_target="CPU" --ckpt_path=$CKPT_PATH > log.txt 2>&1 &
diff --git a/model_zoo/official/cv/lenet/scripts/run_standalone_train_cpu.sh b/model_zoo/official/cv/lenet/scripts/run_standalone_train_cpu.sh
index f494467a7c9..ced49d77ec3 100755
--- a/model_zoo/official/cv/lenet/scripts/run_standalone_train_cpu.sh
+++ b/model_zoo/official/cv/lenet/scripts/run_standalone_train_cpu.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ script_self=$(readlink -f "$0")
 self_path=$(dirname "${script_self}")
 DATA_PATH=$1
 CKPT_PATH=$2
+export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
 python -s ${self_path}/../train.py --data_path=$DATA_PATH --device_target="CPU" --ckpt_path=$CKPT_PATH > log.txt 2>&1 &