diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index addc36ae88..e057487e93 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-08-30  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+	Do not scale NPTL tests with available number of CPUs.
+	* nptl/tst-cond16.c (count): Set to constant value of 8.
+	* nptl/tst-cond18.c (count): Likewise.
+
 2017-08-29  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	[BZ #22035]
diff --git a/nptl/tst-cond16.c b/nptl/tst-cond16.c
index 032677adcc..b3bfb90bd4 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-cond16.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-cond16.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pthread_cond_t cv = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
 pthread_mutex_t lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 bool n, exiting;
 FILE *f;
-int count;
+enum { count = 8 };		/* Number of worker threads.  */
 
 void *
 tf (void *dummy)
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ do_test (void)
       return 1;
     }
 
-  count = sysconf (_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-  if (count <= 0)
-    count = 1;
-  count *= 4;
-
   pthread_t th[count];
   pthread_attr_t attr;
   int i, ret, sz;
diff --git a/nptl/tst-cond18.c b/nptl/tst-cond18.c
index 187f3af1df..6276110ec2 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-cond18.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-cond18.c
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 pthread_cond_t cv = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
 pthread_mutex_t lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 bool exiting;
-int fd, count, spins, nn;
+int fd, spins, nn;
+enum { count = 8 };		/* Number of worker threads.  */
 
 void *
 tf (void *id)
@@ -82,11 +83,6 @@ do_test (void)
       return 1;
     }
 
-  count = sysconf (_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-  if (count <= 0)
-    count = 1;
-  count *= 8;
-
   pthread_t th[count + 1];
   pthread_attr_t attr;
   int i, ret, sz;