diff --git a/faster_whisper/transcribe.py b/faster_whisper/transcribe.py
index 721d118..a8db571 100644
--- a/faster_whisper/transcribe.py
+++ b/faster_whisper/transcribe.py
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ class WhisperModel:
         device: str = "auto",
         device_index: Union[int, List[int]] = 0,
         compute_type: str = "default",
-        cpu_threads: int = 4,
+        cpu_threads: int = 0,
         num_workers: int = 1,
         download_root: Optional[str] = None,
         local_files_only: bool = False,