diff --git a/vllm/envs.py b/vllm/envs.py
index 590698416329..30320af5fa43 100644
--- a/vllm/envs.py
+++ b/vllm/envs.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def get_default_config_root():
             os.path.join(get_default_cache_root(), "vllm", "xla_cache"),
         )),
     "VLLM_FUSED_MOE_CHUNK_SIZE":
-    lambda: int(os.getenv("VLLM_FUSED_MOE_CHUNK_SIZE", "65536")),
+    lambda: int(os.getenv("VLLM_FUSED_MOE_CHUNK_SIZE", "32768")),
 
     # If set, vllm will skip the deprecation warnings.
     "VLLM_NO_DEPRECATION_WARNING":