diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/qa09.qa.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/qa09.qa.fedoraproject.org
index 2a97c352c5..05de16e1ae 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/qa09.qa.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/qa09.qa.fedoraproject.org
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ nrpe_procs_warn: 700
 nrpe_procs_crit: 800
 eth0_ip: 10.5.124.239
 gw: 10.5.124.254
-# this is a powerful machine, can handle more openQA workers
-openqa_workers: 10
+# this is a powerful machine, can handle more openQA workers, but
+# doesn't have much disk space, so go with 6 (should be 10)
+openqa_workers: 6