diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRender/ParticleEffect.cpp b/src/Layers/xrRender/ParticleEffect.cpp
index 31227869214..7fc2211b839 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRender/ParticleEffect.cpp
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRender/ParticleEffect.cpp
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ void CParticleEffect::Render(float)
 
             u32 nWorkers = ttapi_GetWorkerCount();
 
-            if (p_cnt < nWorkers * 20)
+            if (p_cnt < nWorkers * 64)
                 nWorkers = 1;
 
             PRS_PARAMS* prsParams = (PRS_PARAMS*)_alloca(sizeof(PRS_PARAMS) * nWorkers);
diff --git a/src/xrParticles/particle_actions_collection.cpp b/src/xrParticles/particle_actions_collection.cpp
index df385eb9ae7..64f43f9b6d4 100644
--- a/src/xrParticles/particle_actions_collection.cpp
+++ b/src/xrParticles/particle_actions_collection.cpp
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ void PATurbulence::Execute(ParticleEffect* effect, const float dt, float& tm_max
 
     u32 nWorkers = ttapi_GetWorkerCount();
 
-    if (p_cnt < nWorkers * 20)
+    if (p_cnt < nWorkers * 64)
         nWorkers = 1;
 
     TES_PARAMS* tesParams = (TES_PARAMS*)_alloca(sizeof(TES_PARAMS) * nWorkers);