diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 49e95f438ed7..0e6653471c0e 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ TCP variables:
 
 somaxconn - INTEGER
 	Limit of socket listen() backlog, known in userspace as SOMAXCONN.
-	Defaults to 128.  See also tcp_max_syn_backlog for additional tuning
-	for TCP sockets.
+	Defaults to 4096. (Was 128 before linux-5.4)
+	See also tcp_max_syn_backlog for additional tuning for TCP sockets.
 
 tcp_abort_on_overflow - BOOLEAN
 	If listening service is too slow to accept new connections,
diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index fc0bed59fc84..4049d9755cf1 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ struct ucred {
 #define PF_MAX		AF_MAX
 
 /* Maximum queue length specifiable by listen.  */
-#define SOMAXCONN	128
+#define SOMAXCONN	4096
 
 /* Flags we can use with send/ and recv.
    Added those for 1003.1g not all are supported yet