diff --git a/man/man8/profile.8 b/man/man8/profile.8
index f44dd6896d6d..263320e97bce 100644
--- a/man/man8/profile.8
+++ b/man/man8/profile.8
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Show stacks from kernel space only (no user space stacks).
 .TP
 \-\-stack-storage-size COUNT
 The maximum number of unique stack traces that the kernel will count (default
-10240). If the sampled count exceeds this, a warning will be printed.
+16384). If the sampled count exceeds this, a warning will be printed.
 .TP
 duration
 Duration to trace, in seconds.
diff --git a/tools/profile.py b/tools/profile.py
index 915ad6e03196..bf532ce484d4 100755
--- a/tools/profile.py
+++ b/tools/profile.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def stack_id_err(stack_id):
     help="add _[k] annotations to kernel frames")
 parser.add_argument("-f", "--folded", action="store_true",
     help="output folded format, one line per stack (for flame graphs)")
-parser.add_argument("--stack-storage-size", default=10240,
+parser.add_argument("--stack-storage-size", default=16384,
     type=positive_nonzero_int,
     help="the number of unique stack traces that can be stored and "
         "displayed (default %(default)s)")