#define CDEV_QUEUE_DESC 2048
 #define CDEV_MAP_ENTRIES 16384
 #define CDEV_MP_CACHE_SZ 64
+#define CDEV_MP_CACHE_MULTIPLIER 1.5 /* from rte_mempool.c */
 #define MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS 1
 
 #define BURST_TX_DRAIN_US 100 /* TX drain every ~100us */
                        "sess_mp_%u", socket_id);
        nb_sess = (get_nb_crypto_sessions() + CDEV_MP_CACHE_SZ *
                rte_lcore_count());
+       nb_sess = RTE_MAX(nb_sess, CDEV_MP_CACHE_SZ *
+                       CDEV_MP_CACHE_MULTIPLIER);
        sess_mp = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_pool_create(
                        mp_name, nb_sess, sess_sz, CDEV_MP_CACHE_SZ, 0,
                        socket_id);
                        "sess_mp_priv_%u", socket_id);
        nb_sess = (get_nb_crypto_sessions() + CDEV_MP_CACHE_SZ *
                rte_lcore_count());
+       nb_sess = RTE_MAX(nb_sess, CDEV_MP_CACHE_SZ *
+                       CDEV_MP_CACHE_MULTIPLIER);
        sess_mp = rte_mempool_create(mp_name,
                        nb_sess,
                        sess_sz,