diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Jobs/JobManagerComponent.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Jobs/JobManagerComponent.cpp
index acf24e8d42..009b6b19dc 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Jobs/JobManagerComponent.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Jobs/JobManagerComponent.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 AZ_CVAR(float, cl_jobThreadsConcurrencyRatio, 0.6f, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::Null, "Legacy Job system multiplier on the number of hw threads the machine creates at initialization");
 AZ_CVAR(uint32_t, cl_jobThreadsNumReserved, 2, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::Null, "Legacy Job system number of hardware threads that are reserved for O3DE system threads");
-AZ_CVAR(uint32_t, cl_jobThreadsMinNumber, 2, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::Null, "Legacy Job system minimum number of worker threads to create after scaling the number of hw threads");
+AZ_CVAR(uint32_t, cl_jobThreadsMinNumber, 3, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::Null, "Legacy Job system minimum number of worker threads to create after scaling the number of hw threads");
 
 namespace AZ
 {