diff --git a/ethdb/kv_lmdb.go b/ethdb/kv_lmdb.go
index db7b0599757..f9c866ac6e0 100644
--- a/ethdb/kv_lmdb.go
+++ b/ethdb/kv_lmdb.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	LMDBDefaultMapSize          = 2 * datasize.TB
-	LMDBDefaultMaxFreelistReuse = uint(10_000) // measured in pages
+	LMDBDefaultMaxFreelistReuse = uint(16) // measured in pages
 )
 
 type BucketConfigsFunc func(defaultBuckets dbutils.BucketsCfg) dbutils.BucketsCfg