diff --git a/src/seq/seqCom.h b/src/seq/seqCom.h
index 800386c3f608294c1f324308f0a05baa7e338eda..62dde9ec5854d93057632a0b8b592088d077f540 100644
--- a/src/seq/seqCom.h
+++ b/src/seq/seqCom.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define NOEVFLAG		0	/* argument to pvSync to remove sync */
 
-#define DEFAULT_QUEUE_SIZE	100	/* default queue size (elements) */
+#define DEFAULT_QUEUE_SIZE	2	/* default queue size (elements) */
 
 /* I/O completion type (extra argument passed to seq_pvGet() and seq_pvPut()) */
 enum compType {