diff --git a/Configuration/EventContent/python/EventContent_cff.py b/Configuration/EventContent/python/EventContent_cff.py
index 3ed760b5c3688..986cefef8089d 100644
--- a/Configuration/EventContent/python/EventContent_cff.py
+++ b/Configuration/EventContent/python/EventContent_cff.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
 FEVTDEBUGHLTEventContent = cms.PSet(
     outputCommands = cms.untracked.vstring('drop *'),
     splitLevel = cms.untracked.int32(0),
-    eventAutoFlushCompressedSize=cms.untracked.int32(1*1024*1024)
+    eventAutoFlushCompressedSize=cms.untracked.int32(10*1024*1024)
 )
 
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