diff --git a/sys/arch/news68k/include/param.h b/sys/arch/news68k/include/param.h
index 83dbd8c70a68..2f7626a21881 100644
--- a/sys/arch/news68k/include/param.h
+++ b/sys/arch/news68k/include/param.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: param.h,v 1.2 2000/02/11 19:30:28 thorpej Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: param.h,v 1.3 2000/11/11 09:05:09 tsutsui Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1988 University of Utah.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
  * Minimum and maximum sizes of the kernel malloc arena in PAGE_SIZE-sized
  * logical pages.
  */
-#define	NKMEMPAGES_MIN_DEFAULT	((4 * 1024 * 1024) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define	NKMEMPAGES_MIN_DEFAULT	((3 * 1024 * 1024) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 #define	NKMEMPAGES_MAX_DEFAULT	((4 * 1024 * 1024) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 
 #if defined(_KERNEL) && !defined(_LOCORE)