diff --git a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Update/Internal/SqlServerModificationCommandBatch.cs b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Update/Internal/SqlServerModificationCommandBatch.cs
index 3d5bd7ed440..a8425519522 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Update/Internal/SqlServerModificationCommandBatch.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Update/Internal/SqlServerModificationCommandBatch.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public SqlServerModificationCommandBatch(
                 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(maxBatchSize), RelationalStrings.InvalidMaxBatchSize);
             }
 
-            _maxBatchSize = Math.Min(maxBatchSize ?? int.MaxValue, MaxRowCount);
+            _maxBatchSize = Math.Min(maxBatchSize ?? 42, MaxRowCount);
         }
 
         /// <summary>