diff --git a/adb/daemon/usb.cpp b/adb/daemon/usb.cpp
index 3b29ab5fc..1e3701582 100644
--- a/adb/daemon/usb.cpp
+++ b/adb/daemon/usb.cpp
@@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ using android::base::StringPrintf;
 static std::optional<bool> gFfsAioSupported;
 
 // Not all USB controllers support operations larger than 16k, so don't go above that.
-static constexpr size_t kUsbReadQueueDepth = 32;
+// Also, each submitted operation does an allocation in the kernel of that size, so we want to
+// minimize our queue depth while still maintaining a deep enough queue to keep the USB stack fed.
+static constexpr size_t kUsbReadQueueDepth = 8;
 static constexpr size_t kUsbReadSize = 4 * PAGE_SIZE;
 
-static constexpr size_t kUsbWriteQueueDepth = 32;
+static constexpr size_t kUsbWriteQueueDepth = 8;
 static constexpr size_t kUsbWriteSize = 4 * PAGE_SIZE;
 
 static const char* to_string(enum usb_functionfs_event_type type) {