diff --git a/libcef/browser_resource_loader_bridge.cc b/libcef/browser_resource_loader_bridge.cc
index 50bd0b819..a4ada8988 100644
--- a/libcef/browser_resource_loader_bridge.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser_resource_loader_bridge.cc
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct RequestParams {
   int appcache_host_id;
   bool download_to_file;
   scoped_refptr<net::UploadData> upload;
+  net::RequestPriority priority;
 };
 
 // The interval for calls to RequestProxy::MaybeUpdateUploadProgress
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@ class RequestProxy : public net::URLRequest::Delegate,
     peer_ = peer;
     owner_loop_ = MessageLoop::current();
 
+    InitializeParams(params);
+
     // proxy over to the io thread
     CefThread::PostTask(CefThread::IO, FROM_HERE, NewRunnableMethod(
         this, &RequestProxy::AsyncStart, params));
@@ -171,6 +174,10 @@ class RequestProxy : public net::URLRequest::Delegate,
     DCHECK(!request_.get() || CefThread::CurrentlyOn(CefThread::IO));
   }
 
+  virtual void InitializeParams(RequestParams* params) {
+    params->priority = net::MEDIUM;
+  }
+
   // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // The following methods are called on the owner's thread in response to
   // various net::URLRequest callbacks.  The event hooks, defined below, trigger
@@ -495,6 +502,7 @@ class RequestProxy : public net::URLRequest::Delegate,
       }
 
       request_.reset(new net::URLRequest(params->url, this));
+      request_->set_priority(params->priority);
       request_->set_method(params->method);
       request_->set_first_party_for_cookies(params->first_party_for_cookies);
       request_->set_referrer(params->referrer.spec());
@@ -886,6 +894,14 @@ class SyncRequestProxy : public RequestProxy {
     event_.Signal();
   }
 
+ protected:
+  virtual void InitializeParams(RequestParams* params) {
+    // For synchronous requests ignore load limits to avoid a deadlock problem
+    // in SyncRequestProxy (issue #192).
+    params->load_flags |= net::LOAD_IGNORE_LIMITS;
+    params->priority = net::HIGHEST;
+  }
+
  private:
   ResourceLoaderBridge::SyncLoadResponse* result_;
   base::WaitableEvent event_;
diff --git a/libcef/cef_process_io_thread.cc b/libcef/cef_process_io_thread.cc
index 3c2923f9a..5afa4e887 100644
--- a/libcef/cef_process_io_thread.cc
+++ b/libcef/cef_process_io_thread.cc
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ void CefProcessIOThread::Init() {
   CoInitialize(NULL);
 #endif
 
-  // Increase max sockets per group as a workaround for the SyncRequestProxy
-  // deadlock problem (issue #192).
-  net::ClientSocketPoolManager::set_max_sockets_per_group(15);
-
   FilePath cache_path(_Context->cache_path());
   request_context_ = new BrowserRequestContext(cache_path,
       net::HttpCache::NORMAL, false);