diff -ru httpd-trunk/server/mpm/event/event.c httpd-trunk.new/server/mpm/event/event.c
--- httpd-trunk/server/mpm/event/event.c	2014-10-01 14:20:00.472126686 -0400
+++ httpd-trunk.new/server/mpm/event/event.c	2014-10-02 00:58:22.819900977 -0400
@@ -3013,6 +3013,9 @@
      * that, so we'll just keep track of how many we're
      * supposed to start up without the 1 second penalty between each fork.
      */
+    if (ap_daemons_to_start < num_buckets) {
+        ap_daemons_to_start = num_buckets;
+    }
     remaining_children_to_start = ap_daemons_to_start;
     if (remaining_children_to_start > ap_daemons_limit) {
         remaining_children_to_start = ap_daemons_limit;
diff -ru httpd-trunk/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c httpd-trunk.new/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c
--- httpd-trunk/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c	2014-10-01 14:20:00.522126686 -0400
+++ httpd-trunk.new/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c	2014-10-02 00:57:23.308901929 -0400
@@ -1013,6 +1013,9 @@
      * start more than that, so we'll just keep track of how many we're
      * supposed to start up without the 1 second penalty between each fork.
      */
+    if (ap_daemons_to_start < num_buckets) {
+        ap_daemons_to_start = num_buckets;
+    }
     remaining_children_to_start = ap_daemons_to_start;
     if (remaining_children_to_start > ap_daemons_limit) {
         remaining_children_to_start = ap_daemons_limit;
diff -ru httpd-trunk/server/mpm/worker/worker.c httpd-trunk.new/server/mpm/worker/worker.c
--- httpd-trunk/server/mpm/worker/worker.c	2014-10-01 14:20:00.556126685 -0400
+++ httpd-trunk.new/server/mpm/worker/worker.c	2014-10-02 00:57:52.000901470 -0400
@@ -1842,6 +1842,9 @@
      * that, so we'll just keep track of how many we're
      * supposed to start up without the 1 second penalty between each fork.
      */
+    if (ap_daemons_to_start < num_buckets) {
+        ap_daemons_to_start = num_buckets;
+    }
     remaining_children_to_start = ap_daemons_to_start;
     if (remaining_children_to_start > ap_daemons_limit) {
         remaining_children_to_start = ap_daemons_limit;