diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/Recycler.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/Recycler.java
index a47bd1aabc..b0b5849e5f 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/Recycler.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/Recycler.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public abstract class Recycler<T> {
     };
     private static final AtomicInteger ID_GENERATOR = new AtomicInteger(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
     private static final int OWN_THREAD_ID = ID_GENERATOR.getAndIncrement();
-    private static final int DEFAULT_INITIAL_MAX_CAPACITY_PER_THREAD = 32768; // Use 32k instances as default.
+    private static final int DEFAULT_INITIAL_MAX_CAPACITY_PER_THREAD = 4 * 1024; // Use 4k instances as default.
     private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_CAPACITY_PER_THREAD;
     private static final int INITIAL_CAPACITY;
     private static final int MAX_SHARED_CAPACITY_FACTOR;