diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/sysctl.conf b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/sysctl.conf
index 15648b35760..b8a8fe01bd9 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/sysctl.conf
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/sysctl.conf
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 0
 net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max = 1000000
 net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1
 net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets = 1000000
-net.core.somaxconn = 1000000
+net.core.somaxconn = 65535
 net.nf_conntrack_max = 1000000
 net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_max = 1000000