diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/experimental/ruy/thread_pool.cc b/tensorflow/lite/experimental/ruy/thread_pool.cc
index db69dc8cc94..89957181170 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/experimental/ruy/thread_pool.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/experimental/ruy/thread_pool.cc
@@ -153,17 +153,23 @@ class Thread {
 
 void ThreadPool::ExecuteImpl(int task_count, int stride, Task* tasks) {
   RUY_DCHECK_GE(task_count, 1);
-  // Task #0 will be run on the current thread.
-  CreateThreads(task_count - 1);
-  counter_to_decrement_when_ready_.Reset(task_count - 1);
-  for (int i = 1; i < task_count; i++) {
-    auto task_address = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(tasks) + i * stride;
-    threads_[i - 1]->StartWork(reinterpret_cast<Task*>(task_address));
+  if (task_count > 1) {
+    // Task #0 will be run on the current thread.
+    CreateThreads(task_count - 1);
+    counter_to_decrement_when_ready_.Reset(task_count - 1);
+    for (int i = 1; i < task_count; i++) {
+      auto task_address = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(tasks) + i * stride;
+      threads_[i - 1]->StartWork(reinterpret_cast<Task*>(task_address));
+    }
   }
-  // Execute task #0 workload immediately on the current thread.
+
+  // Execute task #0 immediately on the current thread.
   (tasks + 0)->Run();
-  // Wait for the threads submitted above to finish.
-  counter_to_decrement_when_ready_.Wait();
+
+  if (task_count > 1) {
+    // Wait for the threads submitted above to finish.
+    counter_to_decrement_when_ready_.Wait();
+  }
 }
 
 // Ensures that the pool has at least the given count of threads.