diff --git a/lib/nvmf/rdma.c b/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
index 28ab0fe63..58a218e20 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_rdma_request_process(struct spdk_nvmf_rdma_transport *rtransport,
 #define SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_MAX_QUEUE_DEPTH 128
 #define SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_AQ_DEPTH 128
 #define SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_SRQ_DEPTH 4096
-#define SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_MAX_QPAIRS_PER_CTRLR 64
+#define SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_MAX_QPAIRS_PER_CTRLR 128
 #define SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_IN_CAPSULE_DATA_SIZE 4096
 #define SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_MAX_IO_SIZE 131072
 #define SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_MIN_IO_BUFFER_SIZE (SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_MAX_IO_SIZE / SPDK_NVMF_MAX_SGL_ENTRIES)
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
index d9941b529..b4a8e71e7 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
@@ -2784,7 +2784,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_tcp_qpair_set_sq_size(struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair)
 
 #define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_MAX_QUEUE_DEPTH 128
 #define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_AQ_DEPTH 128
-#define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_MAX_QPAIRS_PER_CTRLR 64
+#define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_MAX_QPAIRS_PER_CTRLR 128
 #define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_IN_CAPSULE_DATA_SIZE 4096
 #define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_MAX_IO_SIZE 131072
 #define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_IO_UNIT_SIZE 131072