diff --git a/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh b/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
index 18ef17bf8..5f8e11bde 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bdevs="$bdevs $($rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SI
 
 $rpc_py construct_nvmf_subsystem Virtual nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 'transport:RDMA traddr:192.168.100.8 trsvcid:4420' '' -s SPDK00000000000001 -n "$bdevs"
 
-$rootdir/examples/nvme/perf/perf -q 32 -s 4096 -w randrw -M 50 -t 1 -r "rdma:192.168.100.8:4420"
+$rootdir/examples/nvme/perf/perf -q 128 -s 4096 -w randrw -M 50 -t 1 -r "rdma:192.168.100.8:4420"
 sync
 $rpc_py delete_nvmf_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1