diff --git a/src/udev/udevd.c b/src/udev/udevd.c
index cff0afdd3d..53a77ee037 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevd.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevd.c
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 arg_children_max = 8;
 
                 if (sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set), &cpu_set) == 0)
-                        arg_children_max += CPU_COUNT(&cpu_set) * 2;
+                        arg_children_max += CPU_COUNT(&cpu_set) * 8;
 
                 mem_limit = physical_memory() / (128LU*1024*1024);
                 arg_children_max = MAX(10U, MIN(arg_children_max, mem_limit));