diff --git a/src/shared/mount-util.h b/src/shared/mount-util.h
index 36221702976..ce73aebd4bc 100644
--- a/src/shared/mount-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/mount-util.h
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #include "errno-util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 
-/* 4MB for contents of regular files, 128k inodes for directories, symbolic links and device specials, using
+/* 4MB for contents of regular files, 1m inodes for directories, symbolic links and device nodes, using
  * large storage array systems as a baseline */
-#define TMPFS_LIMITS_DEV             ",size=4m,nr_inodes=128k"
+#define TMPFS_LIMITS_DEV             ",size=4m,nr_inodes=1m"
 
 /* Very little, if any use expected */
 #define TMPFS_LIMITS_EMPTY_OR_ALMOST ",size=4m,nr_inodes=1k"