diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index aebb30d..e9fd8c1 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -513,6 +513,13 @@
 
 void __init pidmap_init(void)
 {
+	/* bump default and minimum pid_max based on number of cpus */
+	pid_max = min(pid_max_max, max_t(int, pid_max,
+				PIDS_PER_CPU_DEFAULT * num_possible_cpus()));
+	pid_max_min = max_t(int, pid_max_min,
+				PIDS_PER_CPU_MIN * num_possible_cpus());
+	pr_info("pid_max: default: %u minimum: %u\n", pid_max, pid_max_min);
+
 	init_pid_ns.pidmap[0].page = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	/* Reserve PID 0. We never call free_pidmap(0) */
 	set_bit(0, init_pid_ns.pidmap[0].page);