diff --git a/servers/slapd/slap.h b/servers/slapd/slap.h
index eb2f676fd1..eb682bb57f 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/slap.h
+++ b/servers/slapd/slap.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ LDAP_BEGIN_DECL
 
 #define MAXREMATCHES (100)
 
-#define SLAP_MAX_WORKER_THREADS		(32)
+#define SLAP_MAX_WORKER_THREADS		(16)
 
 #define SLAP_SB_MAX_INCOMING_DEFAULT ((1<<18) - 1)
 #define SLAP_SB_MAX_INCOMING_AUTH ((1<<24) - 1)