diff --git a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/txg.c b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/txg.c
index c6655bb6e4ff..5597f5f1afe1 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/txg.c
+++ b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/txg.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ txg_sync_start(dsl_pool_t *dp)
 	 * 32-bit x86.  This is due in part to nested pools and
 	 * scrub_visitbp() recursion.
 	 */
-	tx->tx_sync_thread = thread_create(NULL, 12<<10, txg_sync_thread,
+	tx->tx_sync_thread = thread_create(NULL, 32<<10, txg_sync_thread,
 	    dp, 0, &p0, TS_RUN, minclsyspri);
 
 	mutex_exit(&tx->tx_sync_lock);