diff --git a/src/Storages/StorageFile.cpp b/src/Storages/StorageFile.cpp
index 9972549c292..fc36b4a9f62 100644
--- a/src/Storages/StorageFile.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/StorageFile.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <re2/re2.h>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <shared_mutex>
+#include <cmath>
 
 
 namespace ProfileEvents
@@ -606,8 +607,11 @@ public:
                 if (!read_buf)
                     read_buf = createReadBuffer(current_path, storage->use_table_fd, storage->getName(), storage->table_fd, storage->compression_method, context);
 
+                const Settings & settings = context->getSettingsRef();
+                chassert(storage->paths.size());
+                const auto max_parsing_threads = std::max(settings.max_threads/storage->paths.size(),1UL);
                 auto format
-                    = context->getInputFormat(storage->format_name, *read_buf, block_for_format, max_block_size, storage->format_settings, storage->paths.size());
+                    = context->getInputFormat(storage->format_name, *read_buf, block_for_format, max_block_size, storage->format_settings, max_parsing_threads);
 
                 QueryPipelineBuilder builder;
                 builder.init(Pipe(format));