diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index a4a867e23..b16628ad0 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # Rocksdb Change Log
+## Unreleased
+### Public API Change
+* Options.level0_stop_writes_trigger default value changes from 24 to 32.
+
 ## 5.0.0 (11/17/2016)
 ### Public API Change
 * Options::max_bytes_for_level_multiplier is now a double along with all getters and setters.
diff --git a/db/column_family.cc b/db/column_family.cc
index b4fe6c181..b27d70e71 100644
--- a/db/column_family.cc
+++ b/db/column_family.cc
@@ -492,14 +492,18 @@ ColumnFamilyOptions ColumnFamilyData::GetLatestCFOptions() const {
   return BuildColumnFamilyOptions(initial_cf_options_, mutable_cf_options_);
 }
 
-const double kSlowdownRatio = 1.2;
+const double kIncSlowdownRatio = 0.8;
+const double kDecSlowdownRatio = 1 / kIncSlowdownRatio;
+const double kNearStopSlowdownRatio = 0.6;
+const double kDelayRecoverSlowdownRatio = 1.4;
 
 namespace {
+// If penalize_stop is true, we further reduce slowdown rate.
 std::unique_ptr<WriteControllerToken> SetupDelay(
-    WriteController* write_controller,
-    uint64_t compaction_needed_bytes, uint64_t prev_compaction_neeed_bytes,
+    WriteController* write_controller, uint64_t compaction_needed_bytes,
+    uint64_t prev_compaction_need_bytes, bool penalize_stop,
     bool auto_comapctions_disabled) {
-  const uint64_t kMinWriteRate = 1024u;  // Minimum write rate 1KB/s.
+  const uint64_t kMinWriteRate = 16 * 1024u;  // Minimum write rate 16KB/s.
 
   uint64_t max_write_rate = write_controller->max_delayed_write_rate();
   uint64_t write_rate = write_controller->delayed_write_rate();
@@ -524,19 +528,32 @@ std::unique_ptr<WriteControllerToken> SetupDelay(
     // insert to mem tables, so we need to actively slow down before we get
     // feedback signal from compaction and flushes to avoid the full stop
     // because of hitting the max write buffer number.
-    if (prev_compaction_neeed_bytes > 0 &&
-        prev_compaction_neeed_bytes <= compaction_needed_bytes) {
-      write_rate = static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<double>(write_rate) /
-                                         kSlowdownRatio);
+    //
+    // If DB just falled into the stop condition, we need to further reduce
+    // the write rate to avoid the stop condition.
+    if (penalize_stop) {
+      // Penalize the near stop or stop condition by more agressive slowdown.
+      // This is to provide the long term slowdown increase signal.
+      // The penalty is more than the reward of recovering to the normal
+      // condition.
+      write_rate = static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<double>(write_rate) *
+                                         kNearStopSlowdownRatio);
       if (write_rate < kMinWriteRate) {
         write_rate = kMinWriteRate;
       }
-    } else if (prev_compaction_neeed_bytes > compaction_needed_bytes) {
+    } else if (prev_compaction_need_bytes > 0 &&
+               prev_compaction_need_bytes <= compaction_needed_bytes) {
+      write_rate = static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<double>(write_rate) *
+                                         kIncSlowdownRatio);
+      if (write_rate < kMinWriteRate) {
+        write_rate = kMinWriteRate;
+      }
+    } else if (prev_compaction_need_bytes > compaction_needed_bytes) {
       // We are speeding up by ratio of kSlowdownRatio when we have paid
       // compaction debt. But we'll never speed up to faster than the write rate
       // given by users.
       write_rate = static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<double>(write_rate) *
-                                         kSlowdownRatio);
+                                         kDecSlowdownRatio);
       if (write_rate > max_write_rate) {
         write_rate = max_write_rate;
       }
@@ -589,6 +606,9 @@ void ColumnFamilyData::RecalculateWriteStallConditions(
     uint64_t compaction_needed_bytes =
         vstorage->estimated_compaction_needed_bytes();
 
+    bool was_stopped = write_controller->IsStopped();
+    bool needed_delay = write_controller->NeedsDelay();
+
     if (imm()->NumNotFlushed() >= mutable_cf_options.max_write_buffer_number) {
       write_controller_token_ = write_controller->GetStopToken();
       internal_stats_->AddCFStats(InternalStats::MEMTABLE_COMPACTION, 1);
@@ -625,7 +645,7 @@ void ColumnFamilyData::RecalculateWriteStallConditions(
                    mutable_cf_options.max_write_buffer_number - 1) {
       write_controller_token_ =
           SetupDelay(write_controller, compaction_needed_bytes,
-                     prev_compaction_needed_bytes_,
+                     prev_compaction_needed_bytes_, was_stopped,
                      mutable_cf_options.disable_auto_compactions);
       internal_stats_->AddCFStats(InternalStats::MEMTABLE_SLOWDOWN, 1);
       Log(InfoLogLevel::WARN_LEVEL, ioptions_.info_log,
@@ -639,9 +659,12 @@ void ColumnFamilyData::RecalculateWriteStallConditions(
                mutable_cf_options.level0_slowdown_writes_trigger >= 0 &&
                vstorage->l0_delay_trigger_count() >=
                    mutable_cf_options.level0_slowdown_writes_trigger) {
+      // L0 is the last two files from stopping.
+      bool near_stop = vstorage->l0_delay_trigger_count() >=
+                       mutable_cf_options.level0_stop_writes_trigger - 2;
       write_controller_token_ =
           SetupDelay(write_controller, compaction_needed_bytes,
-                     prev_compaction_needed_bytes_,
+                     prev_compaction_needed_bytes_, was_stopped || near_stop,
                      mutable_cf_options.disable_auto_compactions);
       internal_stats_->AddCFStats(InternalStats::LEVEL0_SLOWDOWN_TOTAL, 1);
       if (compaction_picker_->IsLevel0CompactionInProgress()) {
@@ -657,9 +680,20 @@ void ColumnFamilyData::RecalculateWriteStallConditions(
                mutable_cf_options.soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit > 0 &&
                vstorage->estimated_compaction_needed_bytes() >=
                    mutable_cf_options.soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit) {
+      // If the distance to hard limit is less than 1/4 of the gap between soft
+      // and
+      // hard bytes limit, we think it is near stop and speed up the slowdown.
+      bool near_stop =
+          mutable_cf_options.hard_pending_compaction_bytes_limit > 0 &&
+          (compaction_needed_bytes -
+           mutable_cf_options.soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit) >
+              3 * (mutable_cf_options.hard_pending_compaction_bytes_limit -
+                   mutable_cf_options.soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit) /
+                  4;
+
       write_controller_token_ =
           SetupDelay(write_controller, compaction_needed_bytes,
-                     prev_compaction_needed_bytes_,
+                     prev_compaction_needed_bytes_, was_stopped || near_stop,
                      mutable_cf_options.disable_auto_compactions);
       internal_stats_->AddCFStats(
           InternalStats::SOFT_PENDING_COMPACTION_BYTES_LIMIT, 1);
@@ -668,31 +702,43 @@ void ColumnFamilyData::RecalculateWriteStallConditions(
           "bytes %" PRIu64 " rate %" PRIu64,
           name_.c_str(), vstorage->estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(),
           write_controller->delayed_write_rate());
-    } else if (vstorage->l0_delay_trigger_count() >=
-               GetL0ThresholdSpeedupCompaction(
-                   mutable_cf_options.level0_file_num_compaction_trigger,
-                   mutable_cf_options.level0_slowdown_writes_trigger)) {
-      write_controller_token_ = write_controller->GetCompactionPressureToken();
-      Log(InfoLogLevel::WARN_LEVEL, ioptions_.info_log,
-          "[%s] Increasing compaction threads because we have %d level-0 "
-          "files ",
-          name_.c_str(), vstorage->l0_delay_trigger_count());
-    } else if (vstorage->estimated_compaction_needed_bytes() >=
-               mutable_cf_options.soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit / 4) {
-      // Increase compaction threads if bytes needed for compaction exceeds
-      // 1/4 of threshold for slowing down.
-      // If soft pending compaction byte limit is not set, always speed up
-      // compaction.
-      write_controller_token_ = write_controller->GetCompactionPressureToken();
-      if (mutable_cf_options.soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit > 0) {
-        Log(InfoLogLevel::WARN_LEVEL, ioptions_.info_log,
-            "[%s] Increasing compaction threads because of estimated pending "
-            "compaction "
-            "bytes %" PRIu64,
-            name_.c_str(), vstorage->estimated_compaction_needed_bytes());
-      }
     } else {
-      write_controller_token_.reset();
+      if (vstorage->l0_delay_trigger_count() >=
+          GetL0ThresholdSpeedupCompaction(
+              mutable_cf_options.level0_file_num_compaction_trigger,
+              mutable_cf_options.level0_slowdown_writes_trigger)) {
+        write_controller_token_ =
+            write_controller->GetCompactionPressureToken();
+        Log(InfoLogLevel::WARN_LEVEL, ioptions_.info_log,
+            "[%s] Increasing compaction threads because we have %d level-0 "
+            "files ",
+            name_.c_str(), vstorage->l0_delay_trigger_count());
+      } else if (vstorage->estimated_compaction_needed_bytes() >=
+                 mutable_cf_options.soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit / 4) {
+        // Increase compaction threads if bytes needed for compaction exceeds
+        // 1/4 of threshold for slowing down.
+        // If soft pending compaction byte limit is not set, always speed up
+        // compaction.
+        write_controller_token_ =
+            write_controller->GetCompactionPressureToken();
+        if (mutable_cf_options.soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit > 0) {
+          Log(InfoLogLevel::WARN_LEVEL, ioptions_.info_log,
+              "[%s] Increasing compaction threads because of estimated pending "
+              "compaction "
+              "bytes %" PRIu64,
+              name_.c_str(), vstorage->estimated_compaction_needed_bytes());
+        }
+      } else {
+        write_controller_token_.reset();
+      }
+      // If the DB recovers from delay conditions, we reward with reducing
+      // double the slowdown ratio. This is to balance the long term slowdown
+      // increase signal.
+      if (needed_delay) {
+        uint64_t write_rate = write_controller->delayed_write_rate();
+        write_controller->set_delayed_write_rate(static_cast<uint64_t>(
+            static_cast<double>(write_rate) * kDelayRecoverSlowdownRatio));
+      }
     }
     prev_compaction_needed_bytes_ = compaction_needed_bytes;
   }
diff --git a/db/column_family.h b/db/column_family.h
index 5bf951e3a..29d297157 100644
--- a/db/column_family.h
+++ b/db/column_family.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class LogBuffer;
 class InstrumentedMutex;
 class InstrumentedMutexLock;
 
-extern const double kSlowdownRatio;
+extern const double kIncSlowdownRatio;
 
 // ColumnFamilyHandleImpl is the class that clients use to access different
 // column families. It has non-trivial destructor, which gets called when client
diff --git a/db/column_family_test.cc b/db/column_family_test.cc
index 2d3f2cc0d..7e5164e96 100644
--- a/db/column_family_test.cc
+++ b/db/column_family_test.cc
@@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, CreateAndDropRace) {
 #endif  // !ROCKSDB_LITE
 
 TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, WriteStallSingleColumnFamily) {
-  const uint64_t kBaseRate = 810000u;
+  const uint64_t kBaseRate = 800000u;
   db_options_.delayed_write_rate = kBaseRate;
   db_options_.base_background_compactions = 2;
   db_options_.max_background_compactions = 6;
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, WriteStallSingleColumnFamily) {
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
   ASSERT_EQ(6, dbfull()->TEST_BGCompactionsAllowed());
 
@@ -2483,14 +2483,14 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, WriteStallSingleColumnFamily) {
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2 / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25 / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->TEST_set_estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(450);
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->TEST_set_estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(205);
@@ -2526,7 +2526,7 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, WriteStallSingleColumnFamily) {
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->TEST_set_estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(2001);
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, WriteStallSingleColumnFamily) {
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->TEST_set_estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(100);
@@ -2556,15 +2556,14 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, WriteStallSingleColumnFamily) {
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2,
-            dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate, dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
   ASSERT_EQ(6, dbfull()->TEST_BGCompactionsAllowed());
 
   vstorage->set_l0_delay_trigger_count(101);
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2 / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->set_l0_delay_trigger_count(0);
@@ -2572,21 +2571,21 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, WriteStallSingleColumnFamily) {
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25 / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->set_l0_delay_trigger_count(101);
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25 / 1.25 / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->TEST_set_estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(200);
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25 / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->set_l0_delay_trigger_count(0);
@@ -2627,7 +2626,7 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, WriteStallSingleColumnFamily) {
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 }
 
@@ -2744,35 +2743,35 @@ TEST_F(ColumnFamilyTest, WriteStallTwoColumnFamilies) {
   cfd1->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->TEST_set_estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(300);
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2 / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25 / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage1->TEST_set_estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(700);
   cfd1->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage->TEST_set_estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(500);
   cfd->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2 / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25 / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 
   vstorage1->TEST_set_estimated_compaction_needed_bytes(600);
   cfd1->RecalculateWriteStallConditions(mutable_cf_options);
   ASSERT_TRUE(!dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().IsStopped());
   ASSERT_TRUE(dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().NeedsDelay());
-  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.2,
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBaseRate / 1.25,
             dbfull()->TEST_write_controler().delayed_write_rate());
 }
 
diff --git a/db/db_test.cc b/db/db_test.cc
index 2ca7de3dc..d7e597971 100644
--- a/db/db_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_test.cc
@@ -5378,7 +5378,7 @@ TEST_F(DBTest, FlushesInParallelWithCompactRange) {
 
 TEST_F(DBTest, DelayedWriteRate) {
   const int kEntriesPerMemTable = 100;
-  const int kTotalFlushes = 20;
+  const int kTotalFlushes = 12;
 
   Options options = CurrentOptions();
   env_->SetBackgroundThreads(1, Env::LOW);
@@ -5428,8 +5428,8 @@ TEST_F(DBTest, DelayedWriteRate) {
     dbfull()->TEST_WaitForFlushMemTable();
     estimated_sleep_time += size_memtable * 1000000u / cur_rate;
     // Slow down twice. One for memtable switch and one for flush finishes.
-    cur_rate = static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<double>(cur_rate) /
-                                     kSlowdownRatio / kSlowdownRatio);
+    cur_rate = static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<double>(cur_rate) *
+                                     kIncSlowdownRatio * kIncSlowdownRatio);
   }
   // Estimate the total sleep time fall into the rough range.
   ASSERT_GT(env_->addon_time_.load(),
diff --git a/db/write_controller.h b/db/write_controller.h
index 0e8047456..36a905902 100644
--- a/db/write_controller.h
+++ b/db/write_controller.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ class WriteController {
     // avoid divide 0
     if (write_rate == 0) {
       write_rate = 1u;
+    } else if (write_rate > max_delayed_write_rate()) {
+      write_rate = max_delayed_write_rate();
     }
     delayed_write_rate_ = write_rate;
   }
diff --git a/db/write_controller_test.cc b/db/write_controller_test.cc
index db9a9db1b..ae890467f 100644
--- a/db/write_controller_test.cc
+++ b/db/write_controller_test.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ class TimeSetEnv : public EnvWrapper {
 
 TEST_F(WriteControllerTest, ChangeDelayRateTest) {
   TimeSetEnv env;
-  WriteController controller(10000000u);
+  WriteController controller(40000000u);  // also set max delayed rate
+  controller.set_delayed_write_rate(10000000u);
   auto delay_token_0 =
       controller.GetDelayToken(controller.delayed_write_rate());
   ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<uint64_t>(2000000),
@@ -35,8 +36,9 @@ TEST_F(WriteControllerTest, ChangeDelayRateTest) {
   auto delay_token_3 = controller.GetDelayToken(20000000u);
   ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<uint64_t>(1000000),
             controller.GetDelay(&env, 20000000u));
+  // This is more than max rate. Max delayed rate will be used.
   auto delay_token_4 =
-      controller.GetDelayToken(controller.delayed_write_rate() * 2);
+      controller.GetDelayToken(controller.delayed_write_rate() * 3);
   ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<uint64_t>(500000),
             controller.GetDelay(&env, 20000000u));
 }
diff --git a/util/options.cc b/util/options.cc
index 05ea42a3a..b4a6d36dc 100644
--- a/util/options.cc
+++ b/util/options.cc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ColumnFamilyOptions::ColumnFamilyOptions()
       num_levels(7),
       level0_file_num_compaction_trigger(4),
       level0_slowdown_writes_trigger(20),
-      level0_stop_writes_trigger(24),
+      level0_stop_writes_trigger(32),
       target_file_size_base(64 * 1048576),
       target_file_size_multiplier(1),
       max_bytes_for_level_base(256 * 1048576),
@@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ ColumnFamilyOptions* ColumnFamilyOptions::OldDefaults(
     soft_pending_compaction_bytes_limit = 0;
     hard_pending_compaction_bytes_limit = 0;
   }
+  if (rocksdb_major_version < 5) {
+    level0_stop_writes_trigger = 24;
+  }
   compaction_pri = CompactionPri::kByCompensatedSize;
 
   return this;