diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll1_linux.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll1_linux.c
index 1794af0ac3e..34d5cd039c3 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll1_linux.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll1_linux.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void pollset_shutdown(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_pollset *pollset,
   pollset_maybe_finish_shutdown(exec_ctx, pollset);
 }
 
-#define MAX_EPOLL_EVENTS 10
+#define MAX_EPOLL_EVENTS 100
 
 static int poll_deadline_to_millis_timeout(gpr_timespec deadline,
                                            gpr_timespec now) {