1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.cc
index 178ebd8977..30c7a89824 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.cc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 //#define GRPC_EPOLLEX_CREATE_WORKERS_ON_HEAP 1
 
 #define MAX_EPOLL_EVENTS 100
-#define MAX_EPOLL_EVENTS_HANDLED_EACH_POLL_CALL 5
+#define MAX_EPOLL_EVENTS_HANDLED_EACH_POLL_CALL 1
 
 grpc_core::DebugOnlyTraceFlag grpc_trace_pollable_refcount(false,
                                                            "pollable_refcount");
@@ -1452,10 +1452,6 @@ static const grpc_event_engine_vtable vtable = {
 
 const grpc_event_engine_vtable* grpc_init_epollex_linux(
     bool explicitly_requested) {
-  if (!explicitly_requested) {
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-
   if (!grpc_has_wakeup_fd()) {
     gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Skipping epollex because of no wakeup fd.");
     return nullptr;