diff --git a/storage/ndb/include/mgmapi/mgmapi_config_parameters.h b/storage/ndb/include/mgmapi/mgmapi_config_parameters.h
index d0bd8be16a3..ac2cbf060fd 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/include/mgmapi/mgmapi_config_parameters.h
+++ b/storage/ndb/include/mgmapi/mgmapi_config_parameters.h
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@
 
 #define CFG_DB_O_DIRECT               168
 
+#define CFG_DB_MAX_ALLOCATE           169
+
 #define CFG_DB_SGA                    198 /* super pool mem */
 #define CFG_DB_DATA_MEM_2             199 /* used in special build in 5.1 */
 
diff --git a/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/Dbtup.hpp b/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/Dbtup.hpp
index d59d5cd79f2..7845305da6c 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/Dbtup.hpp
+++ b/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/Dbtup.hpp
@@ -2618,6 +2618,7 @@ private:
 
   ArrayPool<Page> c_page_pool;
   Uint32 cnoOfAllocatedPages;
+  Uint32 m_max_allocate_pages;
   
   Tablerec *tablerec;
   Uint32 cnoOfTablerec;
diff --git a/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/DbtupGen.cpp b/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/DbtupGen.cpp
index f4fd80a482a..3a8e996d435 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/DbtupGen.cpp
+++ b/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/DbtupGen.cpp
@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ void Dbtup::execREAD_CONFIG_REQ(Signal* signal)
   Uint32 noOfTriggers= 0;
   
   Uint32 tmp= 0;
+
+  if (ndb_mgm_get_int_parameter(p, CFG_DB_MAX_ALLOCATE, &tmp))
+    tmp = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
+  m_max_allocate_pages = (tmp + GLOBAL_PAGE_SIZE - 1) / GLOBAL_PAGE_SIZE;
+
+  tmp = 0;
   ndbrequire(!ndb_mgm_get_int_parameter(p, CFG_TUP_PAGE_RANGE, &tmp));
   initPageRangeSize(tmp);
   ndbrequire(!ndb_mgm_get_int_parameter(p, CFG_TUP_TABLE, &cnoOfTablerec));
diff --git a/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/DbtupPageMap.cpp b/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/DbtupPageMap.cpp
index 8493e0561cc..ed8f63ce3ad 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/DbtupPageMap.cpp
+++ b/storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/DbtupPageMap.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ void Dbtup::allocMoreFragPages(Fragrecord* const regFragPtr)
 // We will grow by 18.75% plus two more additional pages to grow
 // a little bit quicker in the beginning.
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+  if (noAllocPages > m_max_allocate_pages)
+  {
+    noAllocPages = m_max_allocate_pages;
+  }
   Uint32 allocated = allocFragPages(regFragPtr, noAllocPages);
   regFragPtr->noOfPagesToGrow += allocated;
 }//Dbtup::allocMoreFragPages()
diff --git a/storage/ndb/src/mgmsrv/ConfigInfo.cpp b/storage/ndb/src/mgmsrv/ConfigInfo.cpp
index 56aacda214d..229824c49bf 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/src/mgmsrv/ConfigInfo.cpp
+++ b/storage/ndb/src/mgmsrv/ConfigInfo.cpp
@@ -1313,6 +1313,18 @@ const ConfigInfo::ParamInfo ConfigInfo::m_ParamInfo[] = {
     "0",
     STR_VALUE(MAX_INT_RNIL) },
 
+  { 
+    CFG_DB_MAX_ALLOCATE,
+    "MaxAllocate",
+    DB_TOKEN,
+    "Maximum size of allocation to use when allocating memory for tables",
+    ConfigInfo::CI_USED,
+    false,
+    ConfigInfo::CI_INT,
+    "32M",
+    "1M",
+    "1G" },
+
   { 
     CFG_DB_MEMREPORT_FREQUENCY,
     "MemReportFrequency",