diff --git a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
index c4cf3e6..90b59d0 100644
--- a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@
             ALOGW("Extra binder thread started, but 0 threads requested. Do not use "
                   "*startThreadPool when zero threads are requested.");
         }
-
         mThreadPoolStarted = true;
         spawnPooledThread(true);
     }
@@ -386,6 +385,7 @@
         ALOGV("Spawning new pooled thread, name=%s\n", name.string());
         sp<Thread> t = sp<PoolThread>::make(isMain);
         t->run(name.string());
+        mKernelStartedThreads++;
     }
 }
 
@@ -402,12 +402,20 @@
     return result;
 }
 
-size_t ProcessState::getThreadPoolMaxThreadCount() const {
+size_t ProcessState::getThreadPoolMaxTotalThreadCount() const {
     // may actually be one more than this, if join is called
-    if (mThreadPoolStarted) return mMaxThreads;
+    if (mThreadPoolStarted) {
+        return mCurrentThreads < mKernelStartedThreads
+                ? mMaxThreads
+                : mMaxThreads + mCurrentThreads - mKernelStartedThreads;
+    }
     // must not be initialized or maybe has poll thread setup, we
     // currently don't track this in libbinder
-    return 0;
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(mKernelStartedThreads != 0,
+                        "Expecting 0 kernel started threads but have"
+                        " %zu",
+                        mKernelStartedThreads);
+    return mCurrentThreads;
 }
 
 #define DRIVER_FEATURES_PATH "/dev/binderfs/features/"
@@ -493,6 +501,8 @@
         mExecutingThreadsCount(0),
         mWaitingForThreads(0),
         mMaxThreads(DEFAULT_MAX_BINDER_THREADS),
+        mCurrentThreads(0),
+        mKernelStartedThreads(0),
         mStarvationStartTimeMs(0),
         mForked(false),
         mThreadPoolStarted(false),