diff --git a/kmod/src/format.h b/kmod/src/format.h
index 6dafb382..09092b2a 100644
--- a/kmod/src/format.h
+++ b/kmod/src/format.h
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ struct scoutfs_srch_block {
 	 SCOUTFS_SRCH_ENTRY_MAX_BYTES)
 
 #define SCOUTFS_SRCH_LOG_BLOCK_LIMIT	(1024 * 1024 / SCOUTFS_BLOCK_LG_SIZE)
-#define SCOUTFS_SRCH_COMPACT_ORDER	3
+#define SCOUTFS_SRCH_COMPACT_ORDER	2
 #define SCOUTFS_SRCH_COMPACT_NR		(1 << SCOUTFS_SRCH_COMPACT_ORDER)
 
 /*