diff --git a/lustre/ChangeLog b/lustre/ChangeLog
index 707136bf59cc0124702175d96f286228b46b9395..8b24fb6c225a87da9898953690acd2cc3eed730b 100644
--- a/lustre/ChangeLog
+++ b/lustre/ChangeLog
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ Bugzilla   : 13039
 Description: RedHat Update kernel for RHEL5
 Details    : Kernel config file for RHEL5.
 
+Severity   : minor
+Bugzilla   : 12446
+Description: OSS needs mutliple precreate threads
+Details    : Add ability to start more than one create thread per OSS.
+
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 2007-08-27         Cluster File Systems, Inc. <info@clusterfs.com>
diff --git a/lustre/ost/ost_handler.c b/lustre/ost/ost_handler.c
index 1bcd3d4e16ada5aefd5c5b3fb76a7fca475ad1e1..803bddcd6b1e12c7584afbd17f8b45b366e7bf5f 100644
--- a/lustre/ost/ost_handler.c
+++ b/lustre/ost/ost_handler.c
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ static int ost_num_threads;
 CFS_MODULE_PARM(ost_num_threads, "i", int, 0444,
                 "number of OST service threads to start (deprecated)");
 
+static int oss_num_create_threads;
+CFS_MODULE_PARM(oss_num_create_threads, "i", int, 0444,
+                "number of OSS create threads to start");
+
 void oti_to_request(struct obd_trans_info *oti, struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 {
         struct oti_req_ack_lock *ack_lock;
@@ -1663,6 +1667,8 @@ static int ost_setup(struct obd_device *obd, obd_count len, void *buf)
         struct lprocfs_static_vars lvars;
         int oss_min_threads;
         int oss_max_threads;
+        int oss_min_create_threads;
+        int oss_max_create_threads;
         int rc;
         ENTRY;
 
@@ -1709,13 +1715,27 @@ static int ost_setup(struct obd_device *obd, obd_count len, void *buf)
         if (rc)
                 GOTO(out_service, rc = -EINVAL);
 
+        if (oss_num_create_threads) {
+                if (oss_num_create_threads > OSS_MAX_CREATE_THREADS)
+                        oss_num_create_threads = OSS_MAX_CREATE_THREADS;
+                if (oss_num_create_threads < OSS_DEF_CREATE_THREADS)
+                        oss_num_create_threads = OSS_DEF_CREATE_THREADS;
+                oss_min_create_threads = oss_max_create_threads = 
+                        oss_num_create_threads;
+        } else {
+                oss_min_create_threads = OSS_DEF_CREATE_THREADS;
+                oss_max_create_threads = OSS_MAX_CREATE_THREADS;
+        }
+
         ost->ost_create_service =
                 ptlrpc_init_svc(OST_NBUFS, OST_BUFSIZE, OST_MAXREQSIZE,
                                 OST_MAXREPSIZE, OST_CREATE_PORTAL,
                                 OSC_REPLY_PORTAL,
                                 obd_timeout * 1000, ost_handle, "ost_create",
                                 obd->obd_proc_entry, ost_print_req,
-                                1, 1, "ll_ost_creat");
+                                oss_min_create_threads,
+                                oss_max_create_threads,
+                                "ll_ost_creat");
         if (ost->ost_create_service == NULL) {
                 CERROR("failed to start OST create service\n");
                 GOTO(out_service, rc = -ENOMEM);
diff --git a/lustre/ost/ost_internal.h b/lustre/ost/ost_internal.h
index ecc977aec3eb2d2ab32021f703fcc80446fd860c..82a40b90b458420a25d7a8afe0e4189cd1c58b29 100644
--- a/lustre/ost/ost_internal.h
+++ b/lustre/ost/ost_internal.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ struct ost_thread_local_cache {
 
 struct ost_thread_local_cache *ost_tls(struct ptlrpc_request *r);
 
+#define OSS_DEF_CREATE_THREADS  1UL
+#define OSS_MAX_CREATE_THREADS 16UL
+
 /* Quota stuff */
 extern quota_interface_t *quota_interface;