diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
index ab9e9c1a5..26f2fa345 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ const (
 
 // diskMaxConcurrent is the maximum number of running concurrent operations
 // for local and (incoming) remote disk ops respectively.
-var diskMaxConcurrent = 50
+var diskMaxConcurrent = 512
 
 func init() {
 	if s, ok := os.LookupEnv("_MINIO_DISK_MAX_CONCURRENT"); ok && s != "" {