diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-varlink/sd-varlink.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-varlink/sd-varlink.c
index fdcbcff0e1..372ede755b 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-varlink/sd-varlink.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-varlink/sd-varlink.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "varlink-org.varlink.service.h"
 
 #define VARLINK_DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_MAX 4096U
-#define VARLINK_DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_PER_UID_MAX 1024U
+#define VARLINK_DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_PER_UID_MAX 128U
 
 #define VARLINK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_USEC (45U*USEC_PER_SEC)
 #define VARLINK_COLLECT_MAX 1024U