diff --git a/src/WINNT/afsrdr/kernel/lib/Include/AFSDefines.h b/src/WINNT/afsrdr/kernel/lib/Include/AFSDefines.h
index c08e6886c6..b4bde8aca8 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/afsrdr/kernel/lib/Include/AFSDefines.h
+++ b/src/WINNT/afsrdr/kernel/lib/Include/AFSDefines.h
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ NTSTATUS
 // Worker thread count
 //
 
-#define AFS_WORKER_COUNT        5
-#define AFS_IO_WORKER_COUNT     5
+#define AFS_WORKER_COUNT        16
+#define AFS_IO_WORKER_COUNT     8
 
 //
 // Worker thread states