diff --git a/src/uvc/uvc-v4l2.cc b/src/uvc/uvc-v4l2.cc
index 6902005..a064552 100755
--- a/src/uvc/uvc-v4l2.cc
+++ b/src/uvc/uvc-v4l2.cc
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ struct device {
 
     // Init memory mapped IO
     v4l2_requestbuffers req;
-    req.count = 4;
+    req.count = 24;
     req.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
     req.memory = V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP;
     if (xioctl(fd, VIDIOC_REQBUFS, &req) < 0) {