diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index 1658f35..a3b1bb1 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -264,10 +264,17 @@
         bb.note("Executing %s ..." % cmd)
         bb.build.exec_func(cmd, d)
 
-# For each item in items, call the function 'target' with item as the first 
+def get_bb_number_threads(d):
+    return int(d.getVar("BB_NUMBER_THREADS") or os.cpu_count() or 1)
+
+def multiprocess_launch(target, items, d, extraargs=None):
+    max_process = get_bb_number_threads(d)
+    return multiprocess_launch_mp(target, items, max_process, extraargs)
+
+# For each item in items, call the function 'target' with item as the first
 # argument, extraargs as the other arguments and handle any exceptions in the
 # parent thread
-def multiprocess_launch(target, items, d, extraargs=None):
+def multiprocess_launch_mp(target, items, max_process, extraargs=None):
 
     class ProcessLaunch(multiprocessing.Process):
         def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -302,7 +309,6 @@
             self.update()
             return self._result
 
-    max_process = int(d.getVar("BB_NUMBER_THREADS") or os.cpu_count() or 1)
     launched = []
     errors = []
     results = []