diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst b/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst
index 2b813f80ce39..e295835fc116 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ CPU which can be assigned to the work items of a wq. For example, with
 at the same time per CPU. This is always a per-CPU attribute, even for
 unbound workqueues.
 
-The maximum limit for ``@max_active`` is 512 and the default value used
-when 0 is specified is 256. These values are chosen sufficiently high
+The maximum limit for ``@max_active`` is 2048 and the default value used
+when 0 is specified is 1024. These values are chosen sufficiently high
 such that they are not the limiting factor while providing protection in
 runaway cases.
 
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 59c2695e12e7..b0dc957c3e56 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ enum wq_flags {
 };
 
 enum wq_consts {
-	WQ_MAX_ACTIVE		= 512,	  /* I like 512, better ideas? */
+	WQ_MAX_ACTIVE		= 2048,	  /* I like 2048, better ideas? */
 	WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE	= WQ_MAX_ACTIVE,
 	WQ_DFL_ACTIVE		= WQ_MAX_ACTIVE / 2,