diff --git a/authfs/src/fusefs/mount.rs b/authfs/src/fusefs/mount.rs
index 294c6b1..38503df 100644
--- a/authfs/src/fusefs/mount.rs
+++ b/authfs/src/fusefs/mount.rs
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
 
 use super::AuthFs;
 
-/// Maximum bytes in the write transaction to the FUSE device. This limits the maximum buffer
-/// size in a read request (including FUSE protocol overhead) that the filesystem writes to.
+/// Maximum bytes (excluding the FUSE header) `AuthFs` will receive from the kernel for write
+/// operations by another process.
 pub const MAX_WRITE_BYTES: u32 = 65536;
 
-/// Maximum bytes in a read operation.
+/// Maximum bytes (excluding the FUSE header) `AuthFs` will receive from the kernel for read
+/// operations by another process.
 /// TODO(victorhsieh): This option is deprecated by FUSE. Figure out if we can remove this.
 const MAX_READ_BYTES: u32 = 65536;
 
@@ -61,5 +62,7 @@
     )
     .expect("Failed to mount fuse");
 
-    fuse::worker::start_message_loop(dev_fuse, MAX_WRITE_BYTES, MAX_READ_BYTES, authfs)
+    let mut config = fuse::FuseConfig::new();
+    config.dev_fuse(dev_fuse).max_write(MAX_WRITE_BYTES).max_read(MAX_READ_BYTES);
+    config.enter_message_loop(authfs)
 }