diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 8e25b5ef02..bb3c2a96a3 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int merge_log_config = -1;
 int precomposed_unicode = -1; /* see probe_utf8_pathname_composition() */
 unsigned long pack_size_limit_cfg;
 enum log_refs_config log_all_ref_updates = LOG_REFS_UNSET;
-int max_allowed_tree_depth = 4096;
+int max_allowed_tree_depth = 2048;
 
 #ifndef PROTECT_HFS_DEFAULT
 #define PROTECT_HFS_DEFAULT 0