diff --git a/lib/net/pool.js b/lib/net/pool.js
index c601e5ca..65c9c7a2 100644
--- a/lib/net/pool.js
+++ b/lib/net/pool.js
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ Pool.prototype._fillPeers = co(function* fillPeers() {
   if (this.hosts.size() < need) {
     this.logger.warning('Very few hosts available.');
     this.logger.warning('Hitting DNS seeds again.');
-    yield this.hosts.discover(this.maxOutbound * 4);
+    yield this.hosts.discover(30);
   }
 
   for (i = 0; i < need; i++)
@@ -2338,21 +2338,22 @@ HostList.prototype.addSeed = function addSeed(hostname) {
 
 /**
  * Discover hosts from seeds.
+ * @param {Number?} max
  * @returns {Promise}
  */
 
-HostList.prototype.discover = co(function* discover(total) {
+HostList.prototype.discover = co(function* discover(max) {
   var i, seed;
 
-  if (!total)
-    total = 16;
+  if (!max)
+    max = 16;
 
   for (i = 0; i < this.seeds.length; i++) {
     seed = this.seeds[i];
 
     yield this.populate(seed);
 
-    if (this.list.size >= total)
+    if (this.list.size >= max)
       break;
   }
 });