diff --git a/src/service/sending/mod.rs b/src/service/sending/mod.rs
index 27f3fccc..7997d532 100644
--- a/src/service/sending/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/sending/mod.rs
@@ -385,11 +385,13 @@ fn num_senders(args: &crate::Args<'_>) -> usize {
 	const MIN_SENDERS: usize = 1;
 	// Limit the number of senders to the number of workers threads or number of
 	// cores, conservatively.
-	let max_senders = args
-		.server
-		.metrics
-		.num_workers()
-		.min(available_parallelism());
+	let mut max_senders = args.server.metrics.num_workers();
+
+	// Work around some platforms not returning the number of cores.
+	let num_cores = available_parallelism();
+	if num_cores > 0 {
+		max_senders = max_senders.min(num_cores);
+	}
 
 	// If the user doesn't override the default 0, this is intended to then default
 	// to 1 for now as multiple senders is experimental.