diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config.j2 b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config.j2
index 8ee10a1a74..46516437d5 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/gerrit.config.j2
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 [sshd]
 	listenAddress = *:29418
 	threads = 100
+# batchThreads = 0 means share the 100 thread pool set above.
+	batchThreads = 0
 	idleTimeout = 3600
 	maxConnectionsPerUser = 96
 [httpd]