diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
index ba2a36d999128..c4d1b30258b0c 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
@@ -3563,13 +3563,17 @@ void ggml_cpu_init(void) {
 #ifdef GGML_USE_OPENMP
             //if (!getenv("OMP_WAIT_POLICY")) {
             //    // set the wait policy to active, so that OpenMP threads don't sleep
-            //    putenv("OMP_WAIT_POLICY=active");
+            //    setenv("OMP_WAIT_POLICY", "active", 0)
             //}
 
             if (!getenv("KMP_BLOCKTIME")) {
                 // set the time to wait before sleeping a thread
                 // this is less aggressive than setting the wait policy to active, but should achieve similar results in most cases
-                putenv("KMP_BLOCKTIME=200"); // 200ms
+#ifdef _WIN32
+                _putenv_s("KMP_BLOCKTIME", "200"); // 200ms
+#else
+                setenv("KMP_BLOCKTIME", "200", 0); // 200ms
+#endif
             }
 #endif
         }