diff --git a/bin/named/include/named/globals.h b/bin/named/include/named/globals.h
index 1bbb168b80..05de45294c 100644
--- a/bin/named/include/named/globals.h
+++ b/bin/named/include/named/globals.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #endif
 
 EXTERN isc_mem_t *		ns_g_mctx		INIT(NULL);
-EXTERN unsigned int		ns_g_cpus		INIT(1);
+EXTERN unsigned int		ns_g_cpus		INIT(0);
 EXTERN isc_taskmgr_t *		ns_g_taskmgr		INIT(NULL);
 EXTERN dns_dispatchmgr_t *	ns_g_dispatchmgr	INIT(NULL);
 EXTERN isc_entropy_t *		ns_g_entropy		INIT(NULL);