diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e4a3cd6edaf0..21e5dd65acdb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d32ccc431b2247535ce1114d7e31cc136c89262a
+refs/heads/master: 4802211cfd68e44c8401a8fe3657e9c2522ec517
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c b/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c
index 4f2c4272d59c..23446e91cded 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-static int nreaders = -1;	/* # reader threads, defaults to 4*ncpus */
+static int nreaders = -1;	/* # reader threads, defaults to 2*ncpus */
 static int stat_interval;	/* Interval between stats, in seconds. */
 				/*  Defaults to "only at end of test". */
 static int verbose;		/* Print more debug info. */