diff --git a/daemons/ganeti-masterd b/daemons/ganeti-masterd
index e0420134700e640859bee6d7987e2747cfdb266e..8f53bd39b99f577282819b80673c39a24a96a7e2 100755
--- a/daemons/ganeti-masterd
+++ b/daemons/ganeti-masterd
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class IOServer(SocketServer.UnixStreamServer):
   cleanup at shutdown.
 
   """
-  QUEUE_PROCESSOR_SIZE = 1
+  QUEUE_PROCESSOR_SIZE = 5
 
   def __init__(self, address, rqhandler, context):
     """IOServer constructor