diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/db-datanommer01.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/db-datanommer01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
index 559339ff32..b9c60094ee 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/db-datanommer01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/db-datanommer01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ks_repo: http://10.3.163.35/repo/rhel/RHEL9-x86_64/
 ks_url: http://10.3.163.35/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-rhel
 # These are normally group variables, but in this case db servers are often different
 lvm_size: 2000g
+max_cpu: "{{ num_cpus * 2 }}"
 max_parallel_workers: 6
 max_parallel_workers_per_gather: 4
 max_worker_processes: 8
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/db02.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/db02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
index a8a5c60f9f..9e49ac9875 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/db02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/db02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ ks_repo: http://38.145.60.16/repo/rhel/RHEL9-x86_64/
 ks_url: http://38.145.60.16/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-rhel
 # These are normally group variables, but in this case db servers are often different
 lvm_size: 1500000
+max_cpu: "{{ num_cpus }}"
 max_stack_depth: "6MB"
 max_worker_processes: 12
 mem_size: 65536