--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static int fq_codel_init(struct Qdisc *s
 
 	sch->limit = 10*1024;
 	q->flows_cnt = 1024;
-	q->memory_limit = 32 << 20; /* 32 MBytes */
+	q->memory_limit = 4 << 20; /* 4 MBytes */
 	q->drop_batch_size = 64;
 	q->quantum = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
 	q->perturbation = prandom_u32();
