diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRender/ParticleEffect.cpp b/src/Layers/xrRender/ParticleEffect.cpp
index f36f3f5a986..3aad856b91f 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRender/ParticleEffect.cpp
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRender/ParticleEffect.cpp
@@ -589,9 +589,8 @@ void CParticleEffect::Render(float)
 
             u32 nWorkers = ttapi.threads.size();
 
-            // XXX: Xottab_DUTY: Review this
-            if (p_cnt < nWorkers * 64)
-                nWorkers = 1;
+            if (p_cnt < nWorkers)
+                nWorkers = p_cnt;
 
             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 09ca00b0827..f5129ec0cb3 100644
--- a/src/xrParticles/particle_actions_collection.cpp
+++ b/src/xrParticles/particle_actions_collection.cpp
@@ -1755,9 +1755,8 @@ void PATurbulence::Execute(ParticleEffect* effect, const float dt, float& tm_max
 
     u32 nWorkers = ttapi.threads.size();
 
-    // XXX: Xottab_DUTY: Review this
-    if (p_cnt < nWorkers * 64)
-        nWorkers = 1;
+    if (p_cnt < nWorkers)
+        nWorkers = p_cnt;
 
     TES_PARAMS* tesParams = (TES_PARAMS*)_alloca(sizeof(TES_PARAMS) * nWorkers);