diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
index 4e70bd71a3..b8e57e567d 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ HOST_NODEJS_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	LDFLAGS.host="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
 	NO_LOAD=cctest.target.mk \
 	PATH=$(@D)/bin:$(BR_PATH) \
-	JOBS=$(BR2_JLEVEL)
+	JOBS=$(PARALLEL_JOBS)
 
 NODEJS_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ NODEJS_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	PATH=$(@D)/bin:$(BR_PATH) \
 	LDFLAGS="$(NODEJS_LDFLAGS)" \
 	LD="$(TARGET_CXX)" \
-	JOBS=$(BR2_JLEVEL)
+	JOBS=$(PARALLEL_JOBS)
 
 # nodejs's build system uses python which can be a symlink to an unsupported
 # python version (e.g. python 3.10 with nodejs 14.18.1). We work around this by