diff --git a/runtime/src/kmp.h b/runtime/src/kmp.h
index c241cf89bc6bf8121c35adfd21f7301bd6e1a54a..30d6d52c801d025a7ffb71da8f96c4ad8f6d6e8a 100644
--- a/runtime/src/kmp.h
+++ b/runtime/src/kmp.h
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ typedef struct kmp_base_thread_data {
 #endif // BUILD_TIED_TASK_STACK
 } kmp_base_thread_data_t;
 
-#define TASK_DEQUE_BITS 8 // Used solely to define INITIAL_TASK_DEQUE_SIZE
+#define TASK_DEQUE_BITS 10 // Used solely to define INITIAL_TASK_DEQUE_SIZE
 #define INITIAL_TASK_DEQUE_SIZE (1 << TASK_DEQUE_BITS)
 
 #define TASK_DEQUE_SIZE(qd)     ((qd)->td_deque_size)