diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage.rs b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
index 4f294865a8..4e43408d02 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ const MAX_NUM_TRANSACTIONS_PER_BATCH: usize = 128;
 
 const NUM_VOTE_PROCESSING_THREADS: u32 = 2;
 const MIN_THREADS_BANKING: u32 = 1;
+const MIN_TOTAL_THREADS: u32 = NUM_VOTE_PROCESSING_THREADS + MIN_THREADS_BANKING;
 
 pub struct ProcessTransactionBatchOutput {
     // The number of transactions filtered out by the cost model
@@ -403,13 +404,14 @@ impl BankingStage {
         gossip_vote_sender: ReplayVoteSender,
         cost_model: Arc<RwLock<CostModel>>,
     ) -> Self {
-        let batch_limit = TOTAL_BUFFERED_PACKETS / ((num_threads - 1) as usize * PACKETS_PER_BATCH);
+        assert!(num_threads >= MIN_TOTAL_THREADS);
         // Single thread to generate entries from many banks.
         // This thread talks to poh_service and broadcasts the entries once they have been recorded.
         // Once an entry has been recorded, its blockhash is registered with the bank.
         let data_budget = Arc::new(DataBudget::default());
+        let batch_limit = TOTAL_BUFFERED_PACKETS
+            / ((num_threads - NUM_VOTE_PROCESSING_THREADS) as usize * PACKETS_PER_BATCH);
         // Many banks that process transactions in parallel.
-        assert!(num_threads >= NUM_VOTE_PROCESSING_THREADS + MIN_THREADS_BANKING);
         let bank_thread_hdls: Vec<JoinHandle<()>> = (0..num_threads)
             .map(|i| {
                 let (verified_receiver, forward_option) = match i {
@@ -433,7 +435,7 @@ impl BankingStage {
                 let data_budget = data_budget.clone();
                 let cost_model = cost_model.clone();
                 Builder::new()
-                    .name("solana-banking-stage-tx".to_string())
+                    .name(format!("solana-banking-stage-tx-{}", i))
                     .spawn(move || {
                         Self::process_loop(
                             &verified_receiver,
@@ -1064,7 +1066,7 @@ impl BankingStage {
             env::var("SOLANA_BANKING_THREADS")
                 .map(|x| x.parse().unwrap_or(NUM_THREADS))
                 .unwrap_or(NUM_THREADS),
-            NUM_VOTE_PROCESSING_THREADS + MIN_THREADS_BANKING,
+            MIN_TOTAL_THREADS,
         )
     }