diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/puma.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/puma.rb.tt
index da3f99ec2b..f6146e7259 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/puma.rb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/puma.rb.tt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # the maximum value specified for Puma. Default is set to 5 threads for minimum
 # and maximum; this matches the default thread size of Active Record.
 #
-min_threads_count = ENV.fetch("RAILS_MIN_THREADS") { 5 }
 max_threads_count = ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 }
+min_threads_count = ENV.fetch("RAILS_MIN_THREADS") { max_threads_count }
 threads min_threads_count, max_threads_count
 
 # Specifies the `port` that Puma will listen on to receive requests; default is 3000.