diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index b297e9f60ca10..e2d256c820723 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ static int __init bpf_jit_charge_init(void)
 {
 	/* Only used as heuristic here to derive limit. */
 	bpf_jit_limit_max = bpf_jit_alloc_exec_limit();
-	bpf_jit_limit = min_t(u64, round_up(bpf_jit_limit_max >> 2,
+	bpf_jit_limit = min_t(u64, round_up(bpf_jit_limit_max >> 1,
 					    PAGE_SIZE), LONG_MAX);
 	return 0;
 }