diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
index 8be6526c194..8eb6eedb4e3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
@@ -593,6 +593,15 @@
       The number of RPC handler threads for OM service endpoints.
     </description>
   </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>ozone.om.read.threadpool</name>
+    <value>10</value>
+    <tag>OM, PERFORMANCE</tag>
+    <description>
+      The number of threads in RPC server reading from the socket for OM service endpoints.
+      This config overrides Hadoop configuration "ipc.server.read.threadpool.size" for Ozone Manager.
+    </description>
+  </property>
   <property>
     <name>ozone.om.http-address</name>
     <value>0.0.0.0:9874</value>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMConfigKeys.java
index da7dab5c683..ccc936f385c 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMConfigKeys.java
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ private OMConfigKeys() {
   public static final String OZONE_OM_HANDLER_COUNT_KEY =
       "ozone.om.handler.count.key";
   public static final int OZONE_OM_HANDLER_COUNT_DEFAULT = 100;
+  public static final String OZONE_OM_READ_THREADPOOL_KEY =
+      "ozone.om.read.threadpool";
+  public static final int OZONE_OM_READ_THREADPOOL_DEFAULT = 10;
 
   public static final String OZONE_OM_INTERNAL_SERVICE_ID =
       "ozone.om.internal.service.id";
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
index 387b96dcb4f..03896a042ec 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_KERBEROS_PRINCIPAL_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_METRICS_SAVE_INTERVAL;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_METRICS_SAVE_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_READ_THREADPOOL_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_READ_THREADPOOL_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_S3_GPRC_SERVER_ENABLED;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_S3_GRPC_SERVER_ENABLED_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_NAMESPACE_STRICT_S3;
@@ -1241,8 +1243,6 @@ private RPC.Server getRpcServer(OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
               OzoneNetUtils.getAddressWithHostNameLocal(omNodeRpcAddr);
     }
 
-    final int handlerCount = conf.getInt(OZONE_OM_HANDLER_COUNT_KEY,
-        OZONE_OM_HANDLER_COUNT_DEFAULT);
     RPC.setProtocolEngine(configuration, OzoneManagerProtocolPB.class,
         ProtobufRpcEngine.class);
 
@@ -1271,8 +1271,8 @@ private RPC.Server getRpcServer(OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
         ReconfigureProtocolService.newReflectiveBlockingService(
             reconfigureServerProtocol);
 
-    return startRpcServer(configuration, omNodeRpcAddr, omService,
-        omInterService, omAdminService, reconfigureService, handlerCount);
+    return startRpcServer(conf, omNodeRpcAddr, omService,
+        omInterService, omAdminService, reconfigureService);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1285,7 +1285,6 @@ private RPC.Server getRpcServer(OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
    *                               (OMInterServiceProtocolPB impl)
    * @param reconfigureProtocolService RPC protocol for reconfigure
    *    *                              (ReconfigureProtocolPB impl)
-   * @param handlerCount RPC server handler count
    * @return RPC server
    * @throws IOException if there is an I/O error while creating RPC server
    */
@@ -1293,16 +1292,21 @@ private RPC.Server startRpcServer(OzoneConfiguration conf,
       InetSocketAddress addr, BlockingService clientProtocolService,
       BlockingService interOMProtocolService,
       BlockingService omAdminProtocolService,
-      BlockingService reconfigureProtocolService,
-      int handlerCount)
+      BlockingService reconfigureProtocolService)
       throws IOException {
 
+    final int handlerCount = conf.getInt(OZONE_OM_HANDLER_COUNT_KEY,
+        OZONE_OM_HANDLER_COUNT_DEFAULT);
+    final int readThreads = conf.getInt(OZONE_OM_READ_THREADPOOL_KEY,
+        OZONE_OM_READ_THREADPOOL_DEFAULT);
+
     RPC.Server rpcServer = preserveThreadName(() -> new RPC.Builder(conf)
         .setProtocol(OzoneManagerProtocolPB.class)
         .setInstance(clientProtocolService)
         .setBindAddress(addr.getHostString())
         .setPort(addr.getPort())
         .setNumHandlers(handlerCount)
+        .setNumReaders(readThreads)
         .setVerbose(false)
         .setSecretManager(delegationTokenMgr)
         .build());