diff --git a/libfuse/lib/fuse_loop.cpp b/libfuse/lib/fuse_loop.cpp
index 6c8cef59..9a8da49e 100644
--- a/libfuse/lib/fuse_loop.cpp
+++ b/libfuse/lib/fuse_loop.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ _calculate_thread_counts(int *read_thread_count_,
       nproc = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
       *read_thread_count_ = 2;
       *process_thread_count_ = std::max(2,(nproc - 2));
+      if(*process_thread_count_ > 8)
+        *process_thread_count_ = 8;
     }
   else if((*read_thread_count_ == 0) && (*process_thread_count_ != -1))
     {