diff --git a/options/options_parser.cc b/options/options_parser.cc
index e68295981..040e51c92 100644
--- a/options/options_parser.cc
+++ b/options/options_parser.cc
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Status RocksDBOptionsParser::ParseStatement(std::string* name,
 namespace {
 bool ReadOneLine(std::istringstream* iss, SequentialFile* seq_file,
                  std::string* output, bool* has_data, Status* result) {
-  const int kBufferSize = 4096;
+  const int kBufferSize = 8192;
   char buffer[kBufferSize + 1];
   Slice input_slice;