diff --git a/core/java/android/os/AsyncTask.java b/core/java/android/os/AsyncTask.java
index ce5f1633a8cd5..d4a30064707ee 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/AsyncTask.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/AsyncTask.java
@@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 public abstract class AsyncTask<Params, Progress, Result> {
     private static final String LOG_TAG = "AsyncTask";
 
-    private static final int CORE_POOL_SIZE = 5;
-    private static final int MAXIMUM_POOL_SIZE = 128;
+    private static final int CPU_COUNT = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
+    private static final int CORE_POOL_SIZE = CPU_COUNT + 1;
+    private static final int MAXIMUM_POOL_SIZE = CPU_COUNT * 2 + 1;
     private static final int KEEP_ALIVE = 1;
 
     private static final ThreadFactory sThreadFactory = new ThreadFactory() {
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ public abstract class AsyncTask<Params, Progress, Result> {
     };
 
     private static final BlockingQueue<Runnable> sPoolWorkQueue =
-            new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(10);
+            new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(128);
 
     /**
      * An {@link Executor} that can be used to execute tasks in parallel.