diff --git a/cmake/find_scripts/FindLAPACKE.cmake b/cmake/find_scripts/FindLAPACKE.cmake
index 38925c25986..89593e7e728 100644
--- a/cmake/find_scripts/FindLAPACKE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/find_scripts/FindLAPACKE.cmake
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ macro(_search_lapacke_pkgs)
     pkg_check_modules(PKGC_LAPACKE QUIET ${_pkg})
     if(PKGC_LAPACKE_FOUND)
       set(LAPACKE_PKGCONFIG ${_pkg})
+      break()
     endif()
   endforeach()
 endmacro()