diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 5e23855e8097..f22366f350a9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nfs_access_lru_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(nfs_access_lru_list);
 static atomic_long_t nfs_access_nr_entries;
 
-static unsigned long nfs_access_max_cachesize = ULONG_MAX;
+static unsigned long nfs_access_max_cachesize = 4*1024*1024;
 module_param(nfs_access_max_cachesize, ulong, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nfs_access_max_cachesize, "NFS access maximum total cache length");