diff --git a/hooks/pre-push.sh b/hooks/pre-push.sh
index a0928db75ba..c1b51402872 100755
--- a/hooks/pre-push.sh
+++ b/hooks/pre-push.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-mvn checkstyle:checkstyle --fail-at-end
+# set thread count to 2 times of cores to speed up checking
+mvn checkstyle:checkstyle -T 2C --fail-at-end