diff --git a/cmd/bucket-replication.go b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
index 53af69207..509ae62b5 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-replication.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -293,29 +294,47 @@ func (r *replicationState) queueReplicaTask(oi ObjectInfo) {
 	}
 }
 
-var globalReplicationState *replicationState
+var (
+	globalReplicationState *replicationState
+	// TODO: currently keeping it conservative
+	// but eventually can be tuned in future,
+	// take only half the CPUs for replication
+	// conservatively.
+	globalReplicationConcurrent = runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0) / 2
+)
 
 func newReplicationState() *replicationState {
 	return &replicationState{
-		// TODO: currently keeping it conservative
-		// but eventually can be tuned in future
-		replicaCh: make(chan ObjectInfo, 100),
+		replicaCh: make(chan ObjectInfo, globalReplicationConcurrent*2),
 	}
 }
 
-func initBackgroundReplication(ctx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer) {
-	if globalReplicationState == nil {
-		return
-	}
+// addWorker creates a new worker to process tasks
+func (r *replicationState) addWorker(ctx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer) {
+	// Add a new worker.
 	go func() {
-		defer close(globalReplicationState.replicaCh)
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
+				close(r.replicaCh)
 				return
-			case oi := <-globalReplicationState.replicaCh:
+			case oi, ok := <-r.replicaCh:
+				if !ok {
+					return
+				}
 				replicateObject(ctx, oi, objectAPI)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
 }
+
+func initBackgroundReplication(ctx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer) {
+	if globalReplicationState == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Start with globalReplicationConcurrent.
+	for i := 0; i < globalReplicationConcurrent; i++ {
+		globalReplicationState.addWorker(ctx, objectAPI)
+	}
+}