diff --git a/gpt4all-bindings/golang/binding.cpp b/gpt4all-bindings/golang/binding.cpp
index 84084f11..a0bc4feb 100644
--- a/gpt4all-bindings/golang/binding.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-bindings/golang/binding.cpp
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ void* load_model(const char *fname, int n_threads) {
                 __func__, new_error.message);
         return nullptr;
     }
-    llmodel_setThreadCount(model,  n_threads);
     if (!llmodel_loadModel(model, fname)) {
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+    llmodel_setThreadCount(model,  n_threads);
     return model;
 }