diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 43fa6931..936812ad 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ neutron_oslomsg_amqp1_enabled: "{{ neutron_oslomsg_rpc_transport == 'amqp' }}"
 neutron_rpc_thread_pool_size: 64
 neutron_rpc_conn_pool_size: 30
 neutron_rpc_response_timeout: 60
-neutron_rpc_workers: 1
+neutron_rpc_workers_max: 16
+neutron_rpc_workers: "{{ [[ansible_processor_vcpus|default(2) // 2, 1] | max, neutron_rpc_workers_max] | min }}"
 
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 ### Identity (Keystone) integration