diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c
index f78692ef66..1aa26c6333 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/file.h>
 
-#define THREAD_POOL_SIZE 64
+#define THREAD_POOL_SIZE 0
 
 #define OFFSET_MAX 0x7fffffffffffffffLL