diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
index e6c72e3d5b5487..bb736222b0b386 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
@@ -1296,7 +1296,10 @@ async def _sendfile_native(self, transp, file, offset, count):
     async def _sendfile_fallback(self, transp, file, offset, count):
         if hasattr(file, 'seek'):
             file.seek(offset)
-        blocksize = min(count, 16384) if count else 16384
+        blocksize = (
+            min(count, constants.SENDFILE_FALLBACK_READBUFFER_SIZE)
+            if count else constants.SENDFILE_FALLBACK_READBUFFER_SIZE
+        )
         buf = bytearray(blocksize)
         total_sent = 0
         proto = _SendfileFallbackProtocol(transp)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-24-16-08-44.gh-issue-152074.PsbS-I.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-24-16-08-44.gh-issue-152074.PsbS-I.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..05e61670582dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-24-16-08-44.gh-issue-152074.PsbS-I.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Increase the buffer size to 256 KiB in :meth:`asyncio.loop.sendfile` method fallback.