diff --git a/cmd/os-readdir_unix.go b/cmd/os-readdir_unix.go
index 8fec5a7a3..1c3a461b1 100644
--- a/cmd/os-readdir_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/os-readdir_unix.go
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ import (
 // refer https://github.com/golang/go/issues/24015
 const blockSize = 8 << 10 // 8192
 
-// By default atleast 20 entries in single getdents call
+// By default atleast 128 entries in single getdents call (1MiB buffer)
 var direntPool = sync.Pool{
 	New: func() interface{} {
-		buf := make([]byte, blockSize*20)
+		buf := make([]byte, blockSize*128)
 		return &buf
 	},
 }