diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEngine.Unix.cs b/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEngine.Unix.cs
index 8b4e20756f9bb..9d5f48b7045e3 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEngine.Unix.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEngine.Unix.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public bool TryRegister(SafeSocketHandle socket, out Interop.Error error)
         //
         private static readonly IntPtr MaxHandles = IntPtr.Size == 4 ? (IntPtr)int.MaxValue : (IntPtr)long.MaxValue;
 #endif
-        private static readonly IntPtr MinHandlesForAdditionalEngine = s_engineCount == 1 ? MaxHandles : (IntPtr)EventBufferCount;
+        private static readonly IntPtr MinHandlesForAdditionalEngine = s_engineCount == 1 ? MaxHandles : (IntPtr)32;
 
         //
         // Sentinel handle value to identify events from the "shutdown pipe," used to signal an event loop to stop