diff --git a/EventFilter/Utilities/src/DataPoint.cc b/EventFilter/Utilities/src/DataPoint.cc
index 0503b5cb511ce..d8489fa2865ab 100644
--- a/EventFilter/Utilities/src/DataPoint.cc
+++ b/EventFilter/Utilities/src/DataPoint.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 
 //max collected updates per lumi
-#define MAXUPDATES 200
+#define MAXUPDATES 0xffffffff
 #define MAXBINS
 
 using namespace jsoncollector;