diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/condition/OnClassCondition.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/condition/OnClassCondition.java
index 406baaf8701..d36ef76a0b9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/condition/OnClassCondition.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/condition/OnClassCondition.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class OnClassCondition extends FilteringSpringBootCondition {
 		// Split the work and perform half in a background thread if more than one
 		// processor is available. Using a single additional thread seems to offer the
 		// best performance. More threads make things worse.
-		if (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() > 1) {
+		if (autoConfigurationClasses.length > 1 && Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() > 1) {
 			return resolveOutcomesThreaded(autoConfigurationClasses, autoConfigurationMetadata);
 		}
 		else {