diff --git a/app/vmagent/README.md b/app/vmagent/README.md
index 9013099949..641a7ab9ad 100644
--- a/app/vmagent/README.md
+++ b/app/vmagent/README.md
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ See the docs at https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html .
     	Optional proxy URL for writing data to -remoteWrite.url. Supported proxies: http, https, socks5. Example: -remoteWrite.proxyURL=socks5://proxy:1234
     	Supports an array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
   -remoteWrite.queues int
-    	The number of concurrent queues to each -remoteWrite.url. Set more queues if default number of queues isn't enough for sending high volume of collected data to remote storage (default 4)
+    	The number of concurrent queues to each -remoteWrite.url. Set more queues if default number of queues isn't enough for sending high volume of collected data to remote storage (default 2 * numberOfAvailableCPUs)
   -remoteWrite.rateLimit array
     	Optional rate limit in bytes per second for data sent to -remoteWrite.url. By default the rate limit is disabled. It can be useful for limiting load on remote storage when big amounts of buffered data is sent after temporary unavailability of the remote storage
     	Supports array of values separated by comma or specified via multiple flags.
diff --git a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/remotewrite.go b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/remotewrite.go
index 1b5b9b3f5b..c187515b18 100644
--- a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/remotewrite.go
+++ b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/remotewrite.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ var (
 		"Pass multiple -remoteWrite.url flags in order to write data concurrently to multiple remote storage systems")
 	tmpDataPath = flag.String("remoteWrite.tmpDataPath", "vmagent-remotewrite-data", "Path to directory where temporary data for remote write component is stored. "+
 		"See also -remoteWrite.maxDiskUsagePerURL")
-	queues = flag.Int("remoteWrite.queues", 4, "The number of concurrent queues to each -remoteWrite.url. Set more queues if default number of queues "+
-		"isn't enough for sending high volume of collected data to remote storage")
+	queues = flag.Int("remoteWrite.queues", cgroup.AvailableCPUs() * 2, "The number of concurrent queues to each -remoteWrite.url. Set more queues if default number of queues "+
+		"isn't enough for sending high volume of collected data to remote storage. Default value if 2 * numberOfAvailableCPUs")
 	showRemoteWriteURL = flag.Bool("remoteWrite.showURL", false, "Whether to show -remoteWrite.url in the exported metrics. "+
 		"It is hidden by default, since it can contain sensitive info such as auth key")
 	maxPendingBytesPerURL = flagutil.NewBytes("remoteWrite.maxDiskUsagePerURL", 0, "The maximum file-based buffer size in bytes at -remoteWrite.tmpDataPath "+