diff --git a/sci-libs/m4ri/m4ri-20200125.ebuild b/sci-libs/m4ri/m4ri-20200125.ebuild
index 3dfda8659c374..ae6db04b91383 100644
--- a/sci-libs/m4ri/m4ri-20200125.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/m4ri/m4ri-20200125.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 DOCS=( AUTHORS )
 
 pkg_pretend() {
-	use openmp && tc-check-openmp
+	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
+}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
 }
 
 src_configure() {