diff --git a/src/shared/mount-util.h b/src/shared/mount-util.h
index 3622170297..ce73aebd4b 100644
--- a/src/shared/mount-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/mount-util.h
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #include "errno-util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 
-/* 4MB for contents of regular files, 128k inodes for directories, symbolic links and device specials, using
+/* 4MB for contents of regular files, 1m inodes for directories, symbolic links and device nodes, using
  * large storage array systems as a baseline */
-#define TMPFS_LIMITS_DEV             ",size=4m,nr_inodes=128k"
+#define TMPFS_LIMITS_DEV             ",size=4m,nr_inodes=1m"
 
 /* Very little, if any use expected */
 #define TMPFS_LIMITS_EMPTY_OR_ALMOST ",size=4m,nr_inodes=1k"
diff --git a/units/tmp.mount b/units/tmp.mount
index 516bd1621c..4e1bb8de24 100644
--- a/units/tmp.mount
+++ b/units/tmp.mount
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ After=swap.target
 What=tmpfs
 Where=/tmp
 Type=tmpfs
-Options=mode=1777,strictatime,nosuid,nodev,size=50%,nr_inodes=400k
+Options=mode=1777,strictatime,nosuid,nodev,size=50%,nr_inodes=1m