diff --git a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
index 5fe6a0d..bc2980c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&workers->idle_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&workers->lock);
 	workers->max_workers = max;
-	workers->idle_thresh = 64;
+	workers->idle_thresh = 32;
 }
 
 /*