From eb703fbb3db3c2ea24656d1f737abf6a5a42f6d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rasmith <Randall.Smith@amd.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:10:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [BugFix] [Build] Fix for where setup.py fails with MAX_JOBS
 invalid literal error (#45188)

Signed-off-by: Randall Smith <Randall.Smith@amd.com>
Co-authored-by: Micah Williamson <micah.williamson@amd.com>
---
 setup.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cf99ec3aaaf..8859d0a9367 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class cmake_build_ext(build_ext):
         # `num_jobs` is either the value of the MAX_JOBS environment variable
         # (if defined) or the number of CPUs available.
         num_jobs = envs.MAX_JOBS
-        if num_jobs is not None:
+        if isinstance(num_jobs, str) and num_jobs.isnumeric():
             num_jobs = int(num_jobs)
             logger.info("Using MAX_JOBS=%d as the number of jobs.", num_jobs)
         else: