diff --git a/db/config.cc b/db/config.cc
index 72d62c3eca..48de30381d 100644
--- a/db/config.cc
+++ b/db/config.cc
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ db::config::config(std::shared_ptr<db::extensions> exts)
     , sstable_summary_ratio(this, "sstable_summary_ratio", value_status::Used, 0.0005, "Enforces that 1 byte of summary is written for every N (2000 by default)"
         "bytes written to data file. Value must be between 0 and 1.")
     , components_memory_reclaim_threshold(this, "components_memory_reclaim_threshold", liveness::LiveUpdate, value_status::Used, .2, "Ratio of available memory for all in-memory components of SSTables in a shard beyond which the memory will be reclaimed from components until it falls back under the threshold. Currently, this limit is only enforced for bloom filters.")
-    , large_memory_allocation_warning_threshold(this, "large_memory_allocation_warning_threshold", value_status::Used, (size_t(128) << 10) + 1, "Warn about memory allocations above this size; set to zero to disable.")
+    , large_memory_allocation_warning_threshold(this, "large_memory_allocation_warning_threshold", value_status::Used, size_t(1) << 20, "Warn about memory allocations above this size; set to zero to disable.")
     , enable_deprecated_partitioners(this, "enable_deprecated_partitioners", value_status::Used, false, "Enable the byteordered and random partitioners. These partitioners are deprecated and will be removed in a future version.")
     , enable_keyspace_column_family_metrics(this, "enable_keyspace_column_family_metrics", value_status::Used, false, "Enable per keyspace and per column family metrics reporting.")
     , enable_node_aggregated_table_metrics(this, "enable_node_aggregated_table_metrics", value_status::Used, true, "Enable aggregated per node, per keyspace and per table metrics reporting, applicable if enable_keyspace_column_family_metrics is false.")