diff --git a/src/common/config_opts.h b/src/common/config_opts.h
index f2e820924f9..be67722ea02 100644
--- a/src/common/config_opts.h
+++ b/src/common/config_opts.h
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ OPTION(ms_async_send_inline, OPT_BOOL, false)
 OPTION(ms_async_rdma_device_name, OPT_STR, "")
 OPTION(ms_async_rdma_enable_hugepage, OPT_BOOL, false)
 OPTION(ms_async_rdma_buffer_size, OPT_INT, 8192)
-OPTION(ms_async_rdma_send_buffers, OPT_U32, 10240)
-OPTION(ms_async_rdma_receive_buffers, OPT_U32, 10240)
+OPTION(ms_async_rdma_send_buffers, OPT_U32, 1024)
+OPTION(ms_async_rdma_receive_buffers, OPT_U32, 1024)
 OPTION(ms_async_rdma_port_num, OPT_U32, 1)
 OPTION(ms_async_rdma_polling_us, OPT_U32, 1000)
 OPTION(ms_async_rdma_local_gid, OPT_STR, "")       // GID format: "fe80:0000:0000:0000:7efe:90ff:fe72:6efe", no zero folding