diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.c b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
index 196dbba28..ae677d79f 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.c
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ spdk_bs_opts_init(struct spdk_bs_opts *opts)
 	opts->cluster_sz = SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_CLUSTER_SZ;
 	opts->num_md_pages = SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_NUM_MD_PAGES;
 	opts->max_md_ops = SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_MAX_MD_OPS;
-	opts->max_channel_ops = SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_MAX_CHANNEL_OPS;
+	opts->max_channel_ops = SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_DEFAULT_CHANNEL_OPS;
 	memset(&opts->bstype, 0, sizeof(opts->bstype));
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.h b/lib/blob/blobstore.h
index e36a4d331..7e7578f56 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.h
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #define SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_CLUSTER_SZ (1024 * 1024)
 #define SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_NUM_MD_PAGES UINT32_MAX
 #define SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_MAX_MD_OPS 32
-#define SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_MAX_CHANNEL_OPS 512
+#define SPDK_BLOB_OPTS_DEFAULT_CHANNEL_OPS 512
 #define SPDK_BLOB_BLOBID_HIGH_BIT (1ULL << 32)
 
 struct spdk_xattr {
diff --git a/lib/lvol/lvol.c b/lib/lvol/lvol.c
index 06de1bcb5..98a6b9e6c 100644
--- a/lib/lvol/lvol.c
+++ b/lib/lvol/lvol.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 /* Length of string returned from uuid_unparse() */
 #define UUID_STRING_LEN 37
 
+/* Default blob channel opts for lvol */
+#define SPDK_LVOL_BLOB_OPTS_CHANNEL_OPS 8192
+
 SPDK_LOG_REGISTER_COMPONENT("lvol", SPDK_LOG_LVOL)
 
 static TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_lvol_store) g_lvol_stores = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(g_lvol_stores);
@@ -391,6 +394,7 @@ spdk_lvs_load(struct spdk_bs_dev *bs_dev, spdk_lvs_op_with_handle_complete cb_fn
 	req->bs_dev = bs_dev;
 
 	spdk_bs_opts_init(&opts);
+	opts.max_channel_ops = SPDK_LVOL_BLOB_OPTS_CHANNEL_OPS;
 	strncpy(opts.bstype.bstype, "LVOLSTORE", SPDK_BLOBSTORE_TYPE_LENGTH);
 
 	spdk_bs_load(bs_dev, &opts, _spdk_lvs_load_cb, req);