diff --git a/base/system/smss/pagefile.c b/base/system/smss/pagefile.c
index 6af9b214951..51429a18867 100644
--- a/base/system/smss/pagefile.c
+++ b/base/system/smss/pagefile.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define MEGABYTE                        0x100000UL
 #define MAXIMUM_PAGEFILE_SIZE           (4095 * MEGABYTE)
 /* This should be 32 MB, but we need more than that for 2nd stage setup */
-#define MINIMUM_TO_KEEP_FREE            (64 * MEGABYTE)
+#define MINIMUM_TO_KEEP_FREE            (256 * MEGABYTE)
 #define FUZZ_FACTOR                     (16 * MEGABYTE)
 
 //