diff --git a/storage/maria/maria_chk.c b/storage/maria/maria_chk.c
index 7b491bc5310..ae840467894 100644
--- a/storage/maria/maria_chk.c
+++ b/storage/maria/maria_chk.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
   { "page_buffer_size", OPT_PAGE_BUFFER_SIZE,
     "Size of page buffer. Used by --safe-repair",
     &check_param.use_buffers, &check_param.use_buffers, 0,
-    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, (long) USE_BUFFER_INIT, 128L*1024L*1024L,
+    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, (long) USE_BUFFER_INIT, 1024L*1024L,
     (long) ~0L, (long) MALLOC_OVERHEAD, (long) IO_SIZE, 0},
   { "read_buffer_size", OPT_READ_BUFFER_SIZE, "",
     &check_param.read_buffer_length,