diff -Nupr src.orig/fs/aio.c src/fs/aio.c
--- src.orig/fs/aio.c	2016-12-15 19:55:38.992000000 +0000
+++ src/fs/aio.c	2016-12-15 19:57:05.396000000 +0000
@@ -1716,6 +1716,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_cancel, aio_context_t
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int aio_max_nr_orig;
+void kpatch_load_aio_max_nr(void)
+{
+	aio_max_nr_orig = aio_max_nr;
+	aio_max_nr = 0x40000;
+}
+void kpatch_unload_aio_max_nr(void)
+{
+	aio_max_nr = aio_max_nr_orig;
+}
+#include "kpatch-macros.h"
+KPATCH_LOAD_HOOK(kpatch_load_aio_max_nr);
+KPATCH_UNLOAD_HOOK(kpatch_unload_aio_max_nr);
+
 /* io_getevents:
  *	Attempts to read at least min_nr events and up to nr events from
  *	the completion queue for the aio_context specified by ctx_id. If