diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/BrokerToControllerChannelManagerImpl.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/BrokerToControllerChannelManagerImpl.scala
index 7e500a0c0883d..1054f897d34db 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/BrokerToControllerChannelManagerImpl.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/BrokerToControllerChannelManagerImpl.scala
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ class BrokerToControllerChannelManagerImpl(metadataCache: kafka.server.MetadataC
         manualMetadataUpdater,
         config.brokerId.toString,
         1,
-        0,
-        0,
+        50,
+        50,
         Selectable.USE_DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
         Selectable.USE_DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
         config.requestTimeoutMs,