diff --git a/tests/a_scripts/inference/test_convert_composer_to_hf.py b/tests/a_scripts/inference/test_convert_composer_to_hf.py
index c6b48bf711..5c3d0f1830 100644
--- a/tests/a_scripts/inference/test_convert_composer_to_hf.py
+++ b/tests/a_scripts/inference/test_convert_composer_to_hf.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def test_callback_inits():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'hf_save_interval,save_interval,max_duration,expected_hf_checkpoints,expected_normal_checkpoints',
     [('3ba', '2ba', '4ba', 2, 2), ('1dur', '2ba', '1ep', 1, 2)])
-@patch('os.cpu_count', MagicMock(return_value=1))
+@patch('os.cpu_count', MagicMock(return_value=None))
 def test_huggingface_conversion_callback_interval(
         tmp_path: pathlib.Path, log_to_mlflow: bool, hf_save_interval: str,
         save_interval: str, max_duration: str, expected_hf_checkpoints: int,
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def test_huggingface_conversion_callback_interval(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'hf_save_interval,save_interval,max_duration,expected_hf_checkpoints,expected_normal_checkpoints',
     [('1ba', '1ba', '1ba', 1, 1)])
-@patch('os.cpu_count', MagicMock(return_value=1))
+@patch('os.cpu_count', MagicMock(return_value=None))
 def test_huggingface_conversion_callback(
     model: str,
     tmp_path: pathlib.Path,