diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/maria/r/maria3.result b/mysql-test/suite/maria/r/maria3.result
index e632363346d..f7cc08bfd0d 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/maria/r/maria3.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/maria/r/maria3.result
@@ -310,12 +310,12 @@ maria_log_file_size	4294959104
 maria_log_purge_type	immediate
 maria_max_sort_file_size	9223372036853727232
 maria_pagecache_age_threshold	300
-maria_pagecache_buffer_size	8384512
+maria_pagecache_buffer_size	134213632
 maria_pagecache_division_limit	100
 maria_page_checksum	OFF
 maria_recover	NORMAL
 maria_repair_threads	1
-maria_sort_buffer_size	8388608
+maria_sort_buffer_size	134217728
 maria_stats_method	nulls_unequal
 maria_sync_log_dir	NEWFILE
 show status like 'maria%';
diff --git a/storage/maria/maria_chk.c b/storage/maria/maria_chk.c
index ae840467894..7b491bc5310 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, 1024L*1024L,
+    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, (long) USE_BUFFER_INIT, 128L*1024L*1024L,
     (long) ~0L, (long) MALLOC_OVERHEAD, (long) IO_SIZE, 0},
   { "read_buffer_size", OPT_READ_BUFFER_SIZE, "",
     &check_param.read_buffer_length,
diff --git a/storage/maria/maria_def.h b/storage/maria/maria_def.h
index bde04186931..f1454502bb1 100644
--- a/storage/maria/maria_def.h
+++ b/storage/maria/maria_def.h
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ typedef struct st_maria_block_info
 
 #define USE_BUFFER_INIT		(((1024L*1024L*128-MALLOC_OVERHEAD)/8192)*8192)
 #define READ_BUFFER_INIT	(1024L*256L-MALLOC_OVERHEAD)
-#define SORT_BUFFER_INIT	(1024L*1024L*64-MALLOC_OVERHEAD)
+#define SORT_BUFFER_INIT	(1024L*1024L*256-MALLOC_OVERHEAD)
 #define MIN_SORT_BUFFER		(4096-MALLOC_OVERHEAD)
 
 #define fast_ma_writeinfo(INFO) if (!(INFO)->s->tot_locks) (void) _ma_writeinfo((INFO),0)