diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index aa497843..321855ca 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -4599,7 +4599,7 @@ namespace GGUFMeta {
 using llama_buf_map = std::unordered_map<uint32_t, ggml_backend_buffer_t>;
 
 static size_t llama_model_max_nodes(const llama_model & model) {
-    return std::max<size_t>(16384, model.tensors_by_name.size()*5);
+    return std::max<size_t>(8192, model.tensors_by_name.size()*5);
 }
 
 static int get_layer_id(const ggml_tensor * tensor) {