diff --git a/schema.hh b/schema.hh
index da2b57451b..14c61fde51 100644
--- a/schema.hh
+++ b/schema.hh
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ bool operator==(const column_definition&, const column_definition&);
 
 static constexpr int DEFAULT_MIN_COMPACTION_THRESHOLD = 4;
 static constexpr int DEFAULT_MAX_COMPACTION_THRESHOLD = 32;
+static constexpr int DEFAULT_MIN_INDEX_INTERVAL = 128;
 
 class column_mapping_entry {
     bytes _name;
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ private:
         double _read_repair_chance = 0.0;
         int32_t _min_compaction_threshold = DEFAULT_MIN_COMPACTION_THRESHOLD;
         int32_t _max_compaction_threshold = DEFAULT_MAX_COMPACTION_THRESHOLD;
-        int32_t _min_index_interval = 128;
+        int32_t _min_index_interval = DEFAULT_MIN_INDEX_INTERVAL;
         int32_t _max_index_interval = 2048;
         int32_t _memtable_flush_period = 0;
         speculative_retry _speculative_retry = ::speculative_retry(speculative_retry::type::PERCENTILE, 0.99);
diff --git a/sstables/sstables.cc b/sstables/sstables.cc
index 1423bbd5c4..263d34e73f 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.cc
+++ b/sstables/sstables.cc
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ future<> sstable::generate_summary(const io_priority_class& pc) {
                 auto estimated_partitions = size / sizeof(uint64_t);
                 // Since we don't have a summary, use a default min_index_interval, and if needed we'll resample
                 // later.
-                prepare_summary(_summary, estimated_partitions, 0x80);
+                prepare_summary(_summary, estimated_partitions, DEFAULT_MIN_INDEX_INTERVAL);
 
                 file_input_stream_options options;
                 options.buffer_size = sstable_buffer_size;