diff --git a/src/lj_jit.h b/src/lj_jit.h
index 33f4a8fe24..b3c2ffc3fd 100644
--- a/src/lj_jit.h
+++ b/src/lj_jit.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 /* Optimization parameters and their defaults. Length is a char in octal! */
 #define JIT_PARAMDEF(_) \
-  _(\010, maxtrace,	1000)	/* Max. # of traces in cache. */ \
+  _(\010, maxtrace,	10000)	/* Max. # of traces in cache. */ \
   _(\011, maxrecord,	4000)	/* Max. # of recorded IR instructions. */ \
   _(\012, maxirconst,	500)	/* Max. # of IR constants of a trace. */ \
   _(\007, maxside,	100)	/* Max. # of side traces of a root trace. */ \